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Reform MS Llŷr Powell told BBC Wales that Reform Senedd members would nominate their leader, Dan Thomas, to be first minister.

From BBC • May 10, 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

“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

On the ground, "my priority would be, first of all, concealment, because I don't want to be captured," he said.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

And all this fretful conjuring about prospective mishaps and crises, she scolded, was unbecoming a man who would be first magistrate of the nation.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis