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Play “ready golf”: Stop worrying about who has the honor to hit first off the tee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

"We need to tackle that pervasive misogyny in society first off, so we don't reach that stage in the first place."

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

When the song dropped, I wasn’t on the bandwagon yet but listening to it recently I was like, first off, I remember this song.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024

Well, I would like to say first off, that science is and should be for absolutely everyone, regardless of your political affiliation.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2024

Onofre Martinez’s reaction to Bernabe’s reaction, first off, was the reaction of just about all the poor people in Milagro to just about any statement from a cop.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols