in one piece
Example Sentences
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Several of the country’s cultural and economic trends are converging in one piece of meat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
She was just trying to get home to her three kids in one piece.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026
There are so many negatives intruding that investors would be lucky to escape the coming year in one piece.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
"So they stay in one piece, and they gather together with fat, oil, and grease from kitchens, congeal and create a fatberg which causes flooding."
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025
Once there was enough of an opening in the nuts, we would pull the sweet-tasting meat from the shells, doing our best to keep each half in one piece.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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