one person at a time
Example Sentences
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But constitutional harm does not always occur one person at a time.
From Slate • Jun. 27, 2025
Roughly shoulder-width, it invites one person at a time to walk down the hall looking straight ahead.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2025
And it doesn’t promise a cure, merely that the hope of finding a common covenant, one person at a time, may have to be enough.
From Salon • Jan. 26, 2024
“We have, one person at a time, made progress for them to get further ahead on what digital literacy and digital equity means,” he says.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2022
They were all grateful that tradition called for the ruler to mount the cliff alone, for the mountain can only use its powers for one person at a time.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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