first place
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A cheap hypersonic missile on aircraft carriers could help U.S. forces pop China’s defensive bubble—and thus help deter Beijing from causing a crisis in the first place.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Pratt took in about 26% of the vote, falling short of qualifying for the runoff behind Raman, who won 29%, and Bass, who secured the first place spot with 34%.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
The issues that caused the rancour in the first place have not gone away.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
“The decision to do it in the first place, was very institution specific and I would suspect that any decision to reverse that type of a policy would be equally institution specific,” he says.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Or, wait . . . maybe she wasn’t really there in the first place?
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
