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Air travel was once only about dressing up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

In the 1980s, it became the first country to deregulate its gambling industry, making it possible for slot machines - once only permitted inside casinos - to expand into licensed pubs and clubs.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2024

But the fare charge debut in L.A. marks another major milestone for an industry once only imagined in science fiction.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2024

It treated her children when they were seriously ill and allowed her family a quality of care it could once only have dreamed of in the coal mining valleys of Wales.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023

What is now proved was once only imagin’d.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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