be first
Example Sentences
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Final repositories are being built in other countries, including neighbouring Sweden and France, but Finland is expected to be first to open an underground storage solution.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
College coaches told me that summer they couldn’t wait to be first in line to recruit him.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
"We want to influence government, I'm not going to be first minister on the eighth of May."
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
“Virtually nothing” for the latest project will be first of a kind, said Mike Laufer, CEO of Kairos.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Short crocus blades sheathed the purple-and-white hearts that so wished to be first they endured the chill and rain of early spring.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
