special case
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Chelsea sacked three managers swiftly after the same success as Slot – but then owner Roman Abramovich's unique demands made them a special case.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
"But this turned into a special case that required focused efforts and expertise of several different individuals. This was a complex mystery that required morphological, genetic, deep-sea and bioinformatics expertise to solve."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026
SpaceX is proving to be a special case, though, with a top-10 U.S. stock market valuation right out of the gate.
From Barron's ● Mar. 23, 2026
But Texas is a special case — and Talarico could prove a singular candidate.
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2026
I took the prized calculator out of its special case.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
