first stab
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Now a 10-year-old but a former winner of the Betfred Bowl at this meeting and he deserves this first stab at the race.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
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
This is not Wildcat's first stab at shareholder activism.
From Reuters ● Jul. 12, 2023
Vallejo’s first stab at Monterey County, where he was born, had the county stretched south “almost to San Luis Obispo,” then north to “what would be, according to his map, San Francisco,” Lydon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
As for the duchess, she had long ago given her daughter the first stab by writing to her of Lady Dudley.
From The Lily of the Valley by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
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