comer

Example Sentences

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There’s a fear that if the Chinese establish the first moon base, they will assert the advantages of a first comer to exclude later arrivals from areas with valuable resources, particularly water.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Word soon got around about the comer who could improvise with the best.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2022

“Ford has a lot riding on the truck market. They’ve been king of it for years. So they don’t want the new up and comer to come and take their crown away,” she said.

From Washington Post • May 13, 2022

Toyota, a pioneer of hybrid electric cars but a late comer to the full EV market, plans to have a line up of 15 BEV models by 2025.

From Reuters • Nov. 11, 2021

Though each comer in the corridor, each flight of steps, brought with it the possibility of new dangers, the children carried on.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish