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Avid AI users won’t be terribly impressed at first.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

What distinguished Didion is her style, so carefully milled as to be not noticed at first.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Subsidized goods for a low price may be a nice change at first, just have the common courtesy to not let the door hit your favorite bodega owner on the way out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

On a stereotypically rainy day in Manchester, we're ushered into a kitchen that at first glance appears to be in a normal terraced house.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The curfew too, at first, was no hardship for us, since it was originally set at 10:00 P.M., long after we were indoors in any case.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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