Sentence examples for an easy first target from inspiring English sources

The phrase "an easy first target" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something or someone that is simple to attack or criticize, often in a competitive or confrontational context.
Example: "In the debate, the politician chose to focus on the opponent's previous mistakes, as they were an easy first target."
Alternatives: "a simple initial target" or "an obvious first target".

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With only muddy roads as a "seasonal barrier against German expansion," Mr. Furst writes, Warsaw made an easy first target for the unprovoked Nazi blitzkrieg that ignited World War II on Sept. 1, 1939.

"It could be that the FCPA just seems an easy first target," said Kennedy.

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It is true that the act's effort to address multiple problems simultaneously makes it an easy target for second-guessing.

We know five minutes into the show that Grazia will be an easy target for the first handsome stranger to come along, perhaps even so unappealing (in theory) a figure as Death himself.

It's another indication that a city long moribund, an easy target of late-night monologuists ("First prize is one week in Newark; second prize is two weeks in Newark") is reawakening.

Such claims, as well as outrageously expensive ingredients, made the early clean movement an easy target, and with their second books, the Hemsleys and Woodward seem to have taken some of the criticism on board.

Now here's an easy, uh, target.

And the 710,000 empty homes and 250,000 second homes are an easy target.

England made 406 in its second innings, setting India an easy target of 77 runs.

On the form of his first five days, Brown is going to be far from an easy target.

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