first stab

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In theory, the majority might have felt it was proper for the lower court to take the first stab as a matter of appellate procedure.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

We have now seen and heard his first stab at trying to take on that hunch.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023

Since it won the most seats, Spain´s King Felipe VI is expected to give the PP the first stab at forming a government when parliament is convened on Aug. 17.

From Reuters • Aug. 7, 2023

In 2016, Zhu and his colleagues took a first stab at the task, synthesizing a mirror-image version of a polymerase from a virus.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 26, 2022

Estenega looked at her with the first stab of doubt he had felt.

From The Doomswoman An Historical Romance of Old California by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn