one-way

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Strategy’s stock dropped Monday after the company disclosed a rare bitcoin sale, rattling investors who have long treated the company as a one-way bet on the cryptocurrency.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

The Gauntlet programs focused on smaller, low-cost, first-person view, one-way attack drones.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

As usual throughout the competition, all pairs were banned from travelling by air and given a total budget at the start of £1,297 per person - the cost of a one-way plane ticket.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Young workers who grew up texting and DMing seem to view many emails as one-way communiqués, akin to hard-copy memos.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

I made a turn and then another, entered a one-way street the wrong way and had to back out, got boxed in the middle of a crossing by a swirling rapids of turning people.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck