onetime

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Italian leader Giorgia Meloni, a onetime ally, is accusing Trump of lying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Music therapy proved invaluable in the rehab of the onetime studio musician who said he has played for the likes of Jimi Hendrix.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

If anything, this trajectory of former colonies distancing themselves from their onetime imperial masters is familiar to those of other empires.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Either way, the onetime roommates and bandmates pioneered a discomfiting broken-doll aesthetic of smudged eyeliner, smeared lipstick and plastic barrettes clipped to hanks of bleached-out hair.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

He was only thirty-six when appointed, a onetime academic all- American at Harvard who later played pro basketball in Australia.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt