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

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

So for a few seconds after the first crack I felt virtually nothing.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl