once-in-a-lifetime
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Female screwworm flies produce eggs only once in a lifetime, and once they mate with a sterile male fly, they’re done with their reproduction cycle without having any offspring.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Female screwworm flies produce eggs only once in a lifetime, and once they mate with a sterile male fly, they’re done with their reproduction cycle without having any offspring.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
“Once in a lifetime. Well, hopefully not once in a lifetime, but the first in a lifetime.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
But what happened in Paris last spring might just have been once in a lifetime.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
It was the kind of performance that came along once in a lifetime, and you didn’t want to miss one second.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
