once-in-a-lifetime

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Jack had told her that sometimes, once in a lifetime or so, a coconut could make a pearl just the same way an oyster did, but Nim had never thought she’d see one.

From Literature

"The big thing we need to do is keep educating the corporates to support female employees in the workplace - and not just once in a lifetime," she added.

From BBC

"I've heard from everyone that after I landed my backflip, he was standing there, hands on his head, and I was like, 'Oh, my God. That's incredible'. That's a once in a lifetime moment seeing a famous tennis player watching my performance."

From Barron's

In one of her newest pieces, “Once in a Lifetime” — part sculpture, part video display — precarious clusters of bric-a-brac form a mechanical marvel that appears to defy gravity.

From Los Angeles Times

“Once in a Lifetime” is part video display and part sculpture, made of tripods, toothpicks, lights, cardboard boxes and projectors that flicker images on the gallery walls.

From Los Angeles Times