first comer

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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

There is "dour deference for the first comer, the man at the head of the queue."

From Time Magazine Archive

Angel took on his first comer, Luigi Bacigalupi, 275-lbs. ringside.

From Time Magazine Archive

There existed no other society in which the first comer understood how to speak a language easy and galant, well adapted to plumed hats and elegant bows.

From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede

During the descent the first comer had to guide the foot of the next into a safe fissure, but all reached the bottom safely after two and a half hours.

From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various