at first
Example Sentences
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Brussels said the fee offered earlier this year "at first sight" was "in practice equivalent to the previous access ban".
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
There’s so much info, I found the pages hard to navigate at first.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Third baseman Max Muncy exited in the fifth inning after a collision at first base, and Santiago Espinal replaced him.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
“Where it got a little tough for us is they asked for Jared Verse in return,” Snead said, “and similar to what Cleveland did at first, we were a ‘no.’”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
He had not gone far when the ground began, infinitesimally at first but then quite unmistakably, to shake under his feet.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
