one-way ticket
Example Sentences
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When I first flew on a one-way ticket to Chiang Mai, Thailand, in 1993, I arrived with no job, no contacts and no Thai beyond a few phrases acquired from a military language instruction cassette.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
They booked a one-way ticket from Chicago to Los Angeles and for a month helped members of the congregation as they sifted through the ruins of their homes.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
In January, ahead of what the government characterized in a court filing as a deadline, Hennen bought a one-way ticket to Colombia connecting through Panama.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
"We want them to have a one-way ticket - not a return back into prison or back into non-custodial sentences," Lord Timpson says.
From BBC • May 8, 2025
She would hide them beneath her underwear until she could figure out a better place, and tomorrow she would call the bus station and ask the price of a one-way ticket to San Francisco.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
