all at once
Example Sentences
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The more I looked into the cult of Cane’s, the more I understood how the country’s most obsessed-over digit-shaped delicacy took America by storm, slowly and then all at once.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
"I felt sick. I couldn't control it. I just lost it. It hit me all at once," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
But SpaceX decided to use a more complex approach that gradually allows more insider-owned shares to become eligible for sale over time, rather than all at once.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
How did trucks and tourists and Californians manage the uphills and downhills among inclines and ridges that could be windy or icy or foggy, sometimes all at once?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
I was walking along; calling, looking, and listening for monkeys when all at once I smelled something.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
