single-handedly

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“Today’s plunge in the oil market should single-handedly shave off $0.45/gallon, implying the national average pulling back to around $3.70,” Molchanov wrote.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

In a chaotic last 30 minutes, he drove Real forward with trademark surging runs as he single-handedly altered the tempo of their game.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Although much of her previous work involved strong co-stars or ensembles, Byrne carries this film almost single-handedly, often through close-ups shot so tightly that she felt like her eyelashes might brush the camera.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

His match-winning century against Pakistan on Tuesday will go down as the finest innings of the 27-year-old's white-ball career because it single-handedly took his side into a fifth successive T20 World Cup semi-final.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

As an agent for the Union Pacific, he single-handedly saved Colorado’s wool trade during a blizzard by ramming locomotive plows through snowdrifts to open the tracks for trains bearing sheep feed.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand