Earliest
Earliest adjective - Coming before all others in time or order.
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- The manhunt for John Dillinger in 1933-1934 was one of the earliest cases of friction between the FBI and local law enforcement.
Source: Jurisdiction Friction - The hints had actually been there for a while, the earliest one was in Season 8, where she's one of the people who went to the local burlesque house that Marge's group shame into getting to tear it down, just two seasons after she dated Skinner and long before it became official in Season 16.
Source: Suddenly Sexuality -
It's hardly surprising that some of their earliest releases were his solo projects, and they have a history of signing their local buddies (namely The Hope Conspiracy, Trap Them, and Backstabbers Incorporated) as well.
Source: Music / Converge
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