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Examples of one-trick pony in a Sentence
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King Caesar, an Okinawan lion god whose mythology (and theme song) are clearly inspired by Mothra, turned out to be a one-trick pony.
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Katie Rife, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
Calling him a one-trick pony would be ignorant, but the 49ers are deploying four players with 100-plus total yards in the playoffs.
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Elizabeth Flores, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
The commercial real estate downfall isn’t a one-trick pony.
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
The new retrospective of the Dutch painter Frans Hals at the National Gallery in London—the first major exhibition of his work since 1989—is a slightly nervous event for the most talented one-trick pony of the seventeenth century.
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Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
The iPhone's new Action Button is more than a one-trick pony
Apple’s support page warns users that a device can get hotter when restoring it from a backup, using graphic-intensive apps, streaming high-quality video, and charging it wirelessly.
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Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 2 Oct. 2023
In the same way that Apple is turning to services to offset a slowdown in its core iPhone business, Coinbase is no longer a one-trick pony that relies entirely on trading revenue.
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Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 4 Aug. 2023
Who has space in their kitchen for a one-trick pony?
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Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
Earlier this season, the SMU offense was deemed a one-trick pony, unabashed by its willingness to throw to senior receiver Rashee Rice whenever the opportunity presented itself.
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Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 16 Nov. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1980, in the meaning defined above
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“One-trick pony.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-trick%20pony. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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