first stage
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The first stage of the PGA Tour’s postseason, the St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tenn., invites the top 70 players in the season-long standings—and Koepka wasn’t one of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The first stage would focus on warming the planet.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Racing in his fourth Tour, the 26-year-old Norwegian claimed his first stage win and just the second for his team, Uno-X Mobility.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The private firm Landspace tested its Zhuque-3 rocket last December, which launched successfully, but its first stage lost control on its return to the launchpad.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
“Lord yes. We went to the Latin Quarter, the Copacabana, and The Pajama Game. That was the first stage show we’d ever seen and we were right disappointed in it. Are they all like that?”
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
