first crack
Example Sentences
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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
When Cleveland traded Flacco in October, Gabriel got the first crack as the starter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
But as August fare goes, it’s a sticky, sweaty hoot, well cast and paced like a disreputable beach read, even if you might sporadically wish Werner Herzog had gotten first crack at this material.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2025
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
L’Hôpital’s rule took the first crack at the troubling 0/0 expressions that were popping up throughout calculus.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
