be first

Example Sentences

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“In 10 years, everybody’s going to do this. California should just be first, because we’re the technology hub of the world,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

"We like America to be first, and that seems to be the glue that holds everybody together," he says.

From BBC • May 1, 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

He also seemed both arrogant and uneasy: desperate to be first, but scared that he’d only ever come second.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver