first case
Example Sentences
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In the first case, you want to celebrate; in the second, you want to be left alone.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
The first case was reported on April 24, in a healthcare worker who later died.
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
Meanwhile two Britons are voluntarily self-isolating at home in the UK, having disembarked the vessel at St Helena on 24 April before the first case of hantavirus was confirmed.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
TikTok and Snap settled the first case but are on the hook for the others.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
In the first case he must be economical; in the second, he must not hold back any part of his generosity.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
