at the first blush
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To look at the first blush of reconstruction down here in the 1990s is to grow nostalgic for a New York that moved at a different tempo.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2018
Undoubtedly at the first blush it is a cheerful scene that first meets our eye.
From The Night Side of London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
"He said to me, 'Watch your Kate close, and, at the first blush of a rival, say you to her, Part with him, or part with me.'"
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 by Various
This may seem impracticable at the first blush, considering that the population is so widely scattered, but no doubt there is some hidden solution.
From The Boer in Peace and War by Arthur M. Mann
It looks at the first blush as if the vessel is bound to stay here till she has rotted and the engine rusted away, but we are not going to despair.
From Steve Young by George Manville Fenn
