There was not time to be lost.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

Mingo pointed out this would not be the first time the United States lost an Olympic bid and returned to win the support of IOC voters.

VOA: standard.2009.10.02

It's not the first time Susan has lost fish, but she said the previous culprits were definitely not responsible this time around.

BBC: Japanese koi carp stolen in Omagh

Still, it's not the first time a lost piece of the space race era has been found.

CNN: Amazon chief plans to recover Apollo engines from seafloor

Indeed, Sunday was not the first time Kanye West lost his cool in public.

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