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The phrase "first bout of attack" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts discussing an initial episode of aggression or illness, but it is not commonly phrased this way.
Example: "After the first bout of attack, the team regrouped to strategize their next move."
Alternatives: "initial attack" or "first wave of assault".
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Hosts did not attempt to avoid attacks and after a first bout of attack soon ceased any attempts to beg for food.
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In contrast their illustrious contemporary, George Washington, survived his first bout of malaria in Virginia -- it was at the age of 17 -- but suffered periodic attacks until 1798.
The first bout of snowfall drops in the city.
Martha Rhodes experienced her first bout of depression at 13.
The first bout of the civil war moved swiftly.
Burnett did not encounter his first bout of turbulence until the third inning.
Likewise, both age groups demonstrated blunted alterations in muscle damage and redox homeostasis after the second bout of eccentric exercise indicating adaptations from the first bout of exercise.
This is the startup's first bout of outside funding since its founding in 2015.
This is not the first bout of hiring at Bank of America in recent months.
But on his third bout of global diplomacy since the attacks on America the prime minister got to within three hours' flying time across the Gulf of Oman.
A second bout of unemployment could be a bigger stigma.
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