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Recent Examples of one-man
Unlike Call of Duty, where everyone is essentially their own one-man Rambo, there’s more to Battlefield than just sprinting around endlessly killing foes.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
Shire also had time to guide U2 in their historic opening of the Sphere in Las Vegas and Bono in his live one-man show and Apple TV+ doc Stories of Surrender and David Byrne for the new A24 Imax release of Stop Making Sense.
—Claudia Rosenbaum, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Founded in 2005, MiraChechu Productions began as Rey’s one-man creative vehicle, scripting, animating and voicing shorts that earned national and international prizes.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
By the time the group made the turn, Thomas was essentially acting as a one-man volume knob, pleading for the crowd to quiet down with McIlroy or Lowry ready to putt, then pointing to his ear for points delivered by himself or Young.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
Shire also had time to guide U2 in their historic opening of the Sphere in Las Vegas and Bono in his live one-man show and Apple TV+ doc Stories of Surrender and David Byrne for the new A24 Imax release of Stop Making Sense.
—Claudia Rosenbaum, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Founded in 2005, MiraChechu Productions began as Rey’s one-man creative vehicle, scripting, animating and voicing shorts that earned national and international prizes.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
By the time the group made the turn, Thomas was essentially acting as a one-man volume knob, pleading for the crowd to quiet down with McIlroy or Lowry ready to putt, then pointing to his ear for points delivered by himself or Young.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-man
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Set in the early 20th-century Pacific Northwest, the film stars Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier, a solitary railroad worker navigating profound personal loss as the American frontier expands around him.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
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Mikkel Damsgaard and Fabio Carvalho have scored with their solitary big chances, too.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Of course, deportation or removal from the United States isn’t the same as death; Rubio’s unilateral visa revocation isn’t the same as the proscription.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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Shrinking the federal government, shuttering agencies, making unilateral funding decisions and deploying National Guard troops in cities despite protests by local officials.—
Cate Martel,
The Hill,
23 Oct. 2025
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Flueger, who has portrayed Adam Ruzek since the series premiered in 2014, is taking the time to deal with a personal matter and plans to return later this season, Entertainment Weekly has learned.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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The airport has put out green donation bins accepting nonperishable food and personal care items for unpaid federal airport workers, according to a social media post from Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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This faux Dunhill Fir is designed to look and feel like a tree plucked straight off the lot, without the single-season lifespan or mess of shedding needles.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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However, Daulton Varsho, who has been another clutch Blue Jays hitter throughout the postseason, smacked a single to center to score Springer to knot the game at one apiece.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Only a few months ago Salah was deservedly collecting a stack of individual awards after a remarkable campaign which yielded 57 goal involvements (34 goals, 23 assists) in all competitions.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Shannon was working the former Hinas and Alex hard — trying to make individual connections with each of them.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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In August, the former professional football player filed for sole physical custody of his and Zolciak's children.—
Sarah Jones,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Nordi Mukiele and Omar Alderete have both scored their sole big chances, too.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The fare is $11 round-trip or $6 one-way.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Oct. 2025
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Participants receive a free one-way flight, a $1,000 stipend and forgiveness of prior fines for failure to depart.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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The second period was particularly one-sided.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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The Tillers scored early, often and in a variety of ways in the first half against visiting El Modena, paving the way for a one-sided 51-7 victory in the Delta League matchup.—
Dan Arritt,
Oc Register,
18 Oct. 2025
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