as in independently
without aid or support
she was adamant that if she was expected to do the project single-handed, she should not have to share the credit afterward
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Israel has barred foreign journalists from independently reporting in Gaza since the start of the war.
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Stunt designed to showcase agility, not AI rebellion Despite alarming many viewers at first glance, the viral video does not show a humanoid robot experiencing a software failure or acting independently.
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Take every precaution to never leave young children and pets alone in vehicles, especially in extreme heat when car interiors can quickly become hazardous.
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Producers of corn and wheat, which rely heavily on fertilizer, can spend around a third of their operating costs on fertilizer alone.
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Avila’s sister, Patricia Avila, who was also on the job when the mauling took place, was awarded $885,000 for emotional distress, and Maria Avila’s husband, Oscar Olivo, was separately awarded $50,000.
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In conventional winemaking, white grapes are pressed and the juice ferments separately from the skins.
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Davis almost single-handedly forced the perennially high mortality rate in Sheriff’s Office jails onto the front burner of the public agenda, authoring a series of exposés first in the pages of CityBeat and later in the Union-Tribune.
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Their search leads them to Dort, a robot alien who has been sent to Earth to single-handedly take over the planet.
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“Single-handed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/single-handed. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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