once-in-a-lifetime
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The opportunity to play with Donald and Garrett, who have a combined 236½ sacks, would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, Fiske said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime event," said Bud Denker, Freedom 250 chairman and president of IndyCar owner Penske Corporation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
“It’s going to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” said Bosco—though he is already planning for a repeat eclipse that will traverse Spain again next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
"What Mourinho did at Porto was a once-in-a-lifetime job," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The unfairness of it, depriving us of this once-in-a-lifetime moment.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
