first place
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The audience that allowed them to monetize their creations in the first place had now led to creative paralysis.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
For all of California’s strides to protect people in fire zones, it has largely avoided confronting a deeper question: Should people be free to build there in the first place?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Changing the system would require legislative action, since it was Congress that created the estate-recovery process in the first place.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Local news coverage and social media posts about the lines, traffic, and campers get the Cane’s name in front of plenty of people who would’ve never heard about the chain in the first place.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Gran would never have gotten into this mess in the first place.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
