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upon

[uh-pon, uh-pawn] / əˈpɒn, əˈpɔn /
PREPOSITION
at the time of
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Quentin Tarantino thinks so, though not enough to direct the sequel he wrote to his hit 2019 film “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood.”

From Los Angeles Times

If nothing else, the movie’s 1977 setting, eight years after the events in “Once Upon a Time,” will give us the chance to revel in another glorious L.A. time capsule.

From Los Angeles Times

O'Farrell joked that upon hearing the cast, she had said to director and co-writer Chloé Zhao: "Did you actually do any auditions or did you just go on holiday to Ireland?"

From BBC

I think once we got to Season 5, there was this unspoken, agreed upon thing that it was coming.

From Los Angeles Times

“We stand against any move that violates the purposes and principles of the U.N. Charter and infringes upon other countries’ sovereignty and security,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal