onetime
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What to know: Cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of FTX, is played by Anthony Boyle in this series about the onetime tech darling’s downfall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Dana Williamson, California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s onetime chief of staff, is seeking to delay her criminal sentencing date for political corruption because of health issues, according to documents filed last week in federal court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
A little over a half-decade later, the onetime crucible of downtown cool sold for more than $2 billion to the parent company of Vans and North Face; the brand equity that “Cherry” contributed was incalculable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
What they’re seeing is pretty grim—a onetime superpower that no longer evokes much respect or fear.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Even Missandei had been replaced; the king did not think it fit to use a child as his herald, and a onetime Naathi slave at that.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
