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once-in-a-lifetime

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Get there early and stay late because it will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

“As a Knicks fan,” Hawk said, “it’s probably a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

A fundraiser has generated £3,800 to help Sienna take the once-in-a-lifetime trip.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime piece that is going to show him, and everything about him, in a really iconic way,” Braun said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

The reporter had interviewed one of my teachers who said I was “a once-in-a-lifetime kind of student” and “a determined, focused girl.”

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter



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