first light

Example Sentences

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Investor documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal said the goal is for the plane to be the first light jet to focus on artificial-intelligence flight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Shortly after picking up our dinner at Joan’s on Third, my friend started asking Lynda questions, first light questions like “Where are you from?” and “What do you do?”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

Nonetheless, we take a page out of Hemingway’s book and leave The Mira “as soon after first light as possible.”

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

Search teams gathered from first light and are scouring the banks of the river from the ford between Bolton and Abberwick, all the way to the sea at Alnmouth.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024

I pound the side of my right fist into my thigh when I stop at the first light.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed