first stab
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In theory, the majority might have felt it was proper for the lower court to take the first stab as a matter of appellate procedure.
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2026
The executive oversees daily operations for the county and takes the first stab at drafting the roughly $46-billion annual budget.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024
We have now seen and heard his first stab at trying to take on that hunch.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2023
This is not Wildcat's first stab at shareholder activism.
From Reuters ● Jul. 12, 2023
"Oh, Mr. Philpot resigned nearly three months ago," said Mrs. Carey easily, giving Henry Lord, Ph.D., her first stab, and a look of amusement on her own behalf.
From Mother Carey's Chickens by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
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