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
We have now seen and heard his first stab at trying to take on that hunch.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2023
The launch was clearly a first stab at a service as it lacked the bells and whistles of Twitter.
From Reuters ● Jul. 6, 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
The heart that had ached so sympathetically for Bruce knew its first stab of loss and recoiled.
From The Camerons of Highboro by Beth Bradford Gilchrist
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