one-way

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Willetts, who handed himself into police two days after the crash, had been driving the wrong way down a one-way street at the time.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“When you walk into a museum or gallery right now, the artwork’s not responding to you. It’s a one-way conversation.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Strategy’s stock slid Monday after the company disclosed a rare bitcoin sale, rattling investors who have long treated the company as a one-way bet on the cryptocurrency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

The Gauntlet programs focused on smaller, low-cost, first-person view, one-way attack drones.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

The one-way trip to Morne Michel usually took Farmer two hours.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French