one-way

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As usual throughout the competition, all pairs were banned from travelling by air and given a total budget at the start of £1,297 per person - the cost of a one-way plane ticket.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Fair warning, though: You won’t make it through this book without Googling the price of a one-way trip to Italy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

“You’ve got people leaning hard into the AI winners with leverage, and at the same time others fading it just as aggressively. It’s no longer a one-way story — it’s a crowded two-way trade.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Before Robert Fulton’s “Clermont” proved the viability of steam power in 1807, American rivers were essentially one-way roads.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

It is like being in a room with a one-way mirror in a spy film.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon