in one breath
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The contrast of O'Shea damning England's performances in one breath, while committing more time and money to the man in charge of them will be curious to many.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Hi, can I ask you a quick question—what would you do if your boyfriend smelled like this?” he said in one breath, brandishing an open bottle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
Mr. Musk has had a complicated relationship with AI, saying in one breath that it could bring humanity into a golden era and another that it could destroy human civilization.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
“The best thing is that in one breath, they could say ‘Clint Eastwood,’ and everyone claps, and then ‘Jonathan Fawkner’ — huh? — but everyone still claps,” Fawkner said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2022
I want to lean over and whisper in Ethan’s ear in one breath and weave my fingers into Allys’s hand in the next, and I don’t want to listen to the senator at all.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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