single file
noun
: a row of persons, animals, or things arranged one behind the other
single file
adverb
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Unlike tundra buggy tours elsewhere in the Arctic, Seal River guests head out twice a day on foot, single file, accompanied by three guides.
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Susan Portnoy, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
At last the cows nearest the top of the mountain turned and went over the ridge, single file.
—Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
Israeli soldiers marched dozens of Palestinian men in single file through the city of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, each with their hands placed on the shoulders of the person in front of them.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 12 Sep. 2025
And single file and manacled is exactly how 238 Venezuelans were frog-marched into El Salvador’s prisons last March, expelled from the U.S. without trial.
—Time, 10 Sep. 2025
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Susan Portnoy, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
At last the cows nearest the top of the mountain turned and went over the ridge, single file.
—Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
Israeli soldiers marched dozens of Palestinian men in single file through the city of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, each with their hands placed on the shoulders of the person in front of them.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 12 Sep. 2025
And single file and manacled is exactly how 238 Venezuelans were frog-marched into El Salvador’s prisons last March, expelled from the U.S. without trial.
—Time, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Single file.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20file. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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