first sight
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It was love at first sight, an experience the now-63-year-old says he hadn’t had before—and hasn’t since.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Colin and Pamela have known each other for four years, and according to Colin, it was love at first sight.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
It’s so recognizable because that’s always what love at first sight is.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
Weighing over 400 pounds, it would have gotten stuck at the first sight of powdered snow.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
At first sight, Penrose’s result applied only to stars; it didn’t have anything to say about the question of whether the entire universe had a big bang singularity in its past.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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