first crack
Example Sentences
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It was Carney’s first crack at a riddle that would come to bedevil governments on both sides of the Atlantic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
What looked like one firm’s problem turned out to be the first crack in what became a worldwide financial crisis.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026
The first crack in my thinking came when I read Kathryn Joyce’s book The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2025
But after seeing all this hullabaloo, I thought I'd take my first crack at the season of self-inflicted suffering — in the name of journalism, not Jesus.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
It's the first crack of the lightning storm—the bolt hitting the tree at midnight—that brings us to our senses.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
