first arrival
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The first arrival of frosty weather across the eastern U.S. this week sent natural gas futures to multimonth highs in a preview of what can happen to heating costs if a winter is particularly harsh.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
“If you’re the first arrival, you spread yourself out.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2025
"Since wave speed varies with material type, the first arrival time of the wave on top of the surface differs for different service line materials," they wrote.
From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2024
It’s the first arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier in South Korea in six months since the USS Nimitz docked at Busan in late March, the statement said.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2023
His whole world growing up in the south was a ripple of this first arrival.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
