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How to use the word first in a Sentence? Page #6

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As a larger species, the king penguins have eyes large and stable enough to hold the custom lenses in place so we decided to pursue this world-first procedure to further improve their vision above removing the cataract.

– Gladys Boo

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1 year ago

President Trump is right when he says Governor DeSantis is copying him—first in his style, then on entitlement reform, and now on Ukraine.

– Nikki Haley

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1 year ago

From economy to first class, the experiences are designed to be solitary and for me, travel is anything but, i wanted to put connection at the heart of my design which is why I made an aviation suite perfected for group travel.

– Joshua Nilsson

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1 year ago

I encourage Maine people to stay off the roads if they can, plan for extra time if traveling, and give plenty of space to road crews and first responders working hard to keep us safe.

– Janet Mills

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1 year ago

I did n’t really think it’s going to get that big, to be honest, until my friend told me you’re trending on Twitter, it was my first, kind of, viral video. This is what gives you another push. So, it’s amazing.

– Mustafa Ismail

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1 year ago

When you’re feeling that fear you’re going to lose your child, you have to be thinking what would I want to give him as his mom if this is it? I want him to hear how much we love him, but also oh my God, I have to save him, what’s his oxygen level? Do I need to resuscitate him? Did I give the first dose of rescue medication? it’s an unbelievable amount of trauma and it’s going to happen over and over again, no matter what we do, until we develop this treatment.

– Mary Saladino

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1 year ago

The bank has a standardized corporate governance structure and an independent balance sheet, as China’s first technology bank, SPD Silicon Valley Bank is committed to serving Chinese science and technology companies, and has always had sound operations in accordance with Chinese laws and regulations.

– Silicon Valley

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1 year ago

She ’ll never be a ‘ normal VP, ’ my goodness, she’s the first African American VP. She’s the first Asian American VP. This is the first female VP, having to be normal. How can it be normal ? It’s never going to be normal.

– South Carolina

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1 year ago

It was quite striking, nobody said they had HIV. But it was just word of mouth and patients started streaming in. And the first thing that happened is that two or three weeks later, they would come back and tell you they were putting on weight. It was amazing to watch.

– Salim Abdool Karim

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1 year ago

It was the first time I remember so clearly coming out of a class with him and just seeing in his face this new expression, this new person, we were like, ‘We need to figure out why and how that just happened.’.

– Adam Pearce

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1 year ago

They expect to meet the candidates, shake their hands and look them in the eye, that’s the beauty of the first-in-the-nation caucus. It would be unwise to overlook the power of retail politics here.

– Jeanita McNulty

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1 year ago

She’s fatter than when she first came to us, but you can see the shape of her spine very clearly – it’s a physical deformity she will have to live with, but she’s doing well.

– Edwin Wiek

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1 year ago

The attack is really large-scale and for the first time using such different types of missiles. We see that this time as many as six Kinzhal were used. This is an attack like I don’t remember seeing before, so far, we have no capabilities to counter these weapons.

– Yurii Ihnat

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1 year ago

It feels indulgent to say that, but I say it humbly, it’s what athletes call ‘The Zone,’ it’s a real thing. And sometimes we only feel it in the 20 seconds when we first get in the shower.

– Jason Sudeikis

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1 year ago

This effort to publicly smear a media organization just for having the temerity to cover and comment on allegations being pressed by the sitting President of the United States should be now recognized for what it is: a blatant violation of the First Amendment.

– Fox News

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1 year ago

However, the ruling Georgian Dream party fully and publicly supported the bills and campaigned for their adoption, and almost unanimously voted for it in the first reading yesterday.

– Giorgi Gogia

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1 year ago

We’re not going back to ‘Be All You Can Be,’ because in the 1980s, the country exuded a sense of optimism. Think about the bright shining light on the hill. And the ‘Be All You Can Be’ of the 1980s reflected how youth felt about their future. That’s not the same feeling that youth have about their future today, they worry about being the first generation not to outpace their parents. So as we introduce ‘Be All You Can Be’ in 2023, to a new generation, we’re trying to reposition the army in their minds around the possibilities. It’s less about being all you can be already, and more about becoming all you can be.

– Alex Fink

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1 year ago

We have to think about our people first and no one should be surrounded, encircled – this is very important, the military sees for themselves that we have to stay strong there despite the fact that Russia ruined the whole city and everything there.

– President Volodymyr Zelensky

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1 year ago

She always was a Biden campaign, Biden White House person first.

– Ron Klain

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1 year ago

She had the judgment and insight that goes far beyond her years, and she had the credibility and respect that she’d earned from the first days of the campaign.

– Ron Klain

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1 year ago

We do take security seriously, so before airing any of this video we checked first with the Capitol Police, we’re happy to say their reservations were minor and for the most part they were reasonable. In the end, the only change that we made was in blurring the details of a single interior door in the Capitol building.

– Tucker Carlson

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1 year ago

Economic growth would slow down at first but I don’t expect a recessionary threat due to the earthquake, i don’t expect the impact on (economic) growth to be more than 1 to 2 (percentage) points.

– Selva Demiralp

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1 year ago

I don’t want to show my baby’s face as first when he’s born until I feel ready to, maybe in a couple of months after he’s born, I will feel like I’m ready.

– Ellen DeGeneres

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1 year ago

Step-by-step, they talked us through the incredibly intense moments right after she was born and as she took her first breaths, thank you to the firefighters and paramedics on the scene who treated mom and baby at home and then brought us safely to Sibley Hospital in Washington.

– Kasie Hunt

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1 year ago

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    cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
    A elaborate
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