first acquaintance
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Those tears were my first acquaintance with the harsh truth of a baseball aphorism: The ball will always find you.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
“First Essay,” on first acquaintance, at least, seems a mild and modest work, hardly the stuff of grand designs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2016
Of course, even when a work grabs us on first acquaintance and never lets go, it still evolves.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2012
Its narrative follows Mr. Milchan through his first acquaintance with the arms business via his father’s company, through his introduction to Israel’s nuclear program by Mr. Peres and the Lakam chief, Benjamin Blumberg.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2011
The book now placed before me was the mysterious Euclid, my first acquaintance with which I was now to make.
From The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich by A.W. Drayson
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