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• Leaders must make the first move to change their culture.
  — Ganes Kesari, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
• Both sides have insisted that the other needs to make the first move to restart talks.
  — John Koblin, New York Times, 8 May 2023
• Both sides have insisted that the other needs to make the first move to restart talks.
  — John Koblin, New York Times, 8 May 2023
• Some contender will make the first move to beef up a rotation.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 4 May 2023
• Some contender will make the first move to beef up a rotation.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 4 May 2023
• But Biden and his allies have so far indicated the ball is in Iran’s court to make the first move.
  — Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2021
• Be adventuresome, reach out and make the first move; dream big and be willing to take a chance.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2024
• Instead, the two sides are once again playing a game of chicken, waiting for the other side to make the first move.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 31 Aug. 2023
• Lundell cut toward the net from the left side of the ice, along the goal line, and waited for Korpisalo to make the first move.
  — David Wilson, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
• At other times, neither leader has wanted to make the first move.
  — Katie Rogers, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
• In the first days of the celebration, young people often find a spouse; the women often make the first move.
  — New York Times, 27 Dec. 2020
• Nobody knows the exact value of these types of players, and Avila isn't going to make the first move.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2020
• After spotting each other from across the room, Liv decided to make the first move.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2023
• One reason to be hopeful is that some net states aren’t waiting around for governments to make the first move.
  — Alexis Wichowski, Wired, 19 Apr. 2021
• Not everyone has to wait for matches to make the first move, Bumble’s website says.
  — Morgan Sung, NBC News, 11 July 2022
• Those dynamics haven’t stopped state lawmakers who want to make the first move to protect gun rights in their states.
  — Lindsay Whitehurst, chicagotribune.com, 4 Mar. 2021
• The app also made a major change that now takes the onus off of women to make the first move, and announced AI dating concierges to help weed out matches.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 May 2024
• It was launched in 2014 and aimed to make the initial phases of dating more equal by encouraging women to make the first move.
  — USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
• Franklin encourages Airris to make the first move instead.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2023
• Each side eyed the other warily for about an hour, like gunslingers on Main Street at high noon waiting to see who would make the first move.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2022
• Launched in 2014, Bumble made a splash in the dating app pool by requiring women to make the first move when attempting a match.
  — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 22 June 2021
• Despite the friendly overtures from the leaders of the two nations, experts say neither side is willing to make the first move to resolve the rows.
  — Byanthony Trotter, ABC News, 19 May 2022
• For now, supporters of sending tanks are focused on getting some country to make the first move.
  — Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2023
• Batman is the bad guy, a fact made clear by Superman’s inherent goodness leading him to make the first move and take down the Batman.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2022
• Bumble, the dating app where women make the first move, has filed for a U.S. initial public offering.
  — Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2021
• Be the one to make the first move, embrace life and take responsibility for your happiness.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
• China has criticized Washington for withdrawing from the deal and insists that the US should make the first move in reviving the pact.
  — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 15 Feb. 2023
• Until now, private sector funders have been waiting for the city to make the first move, which didn’t happen under Jackson.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 4 Mar. 2022
• Even Bumble’s core proposition—that women make the first move—is getting an update.
  — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2022
• Wolfe Herd is the founder and executive chair of Bumble, a meeting and networking platform that prompted women to make the first move.
  — Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 May 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024