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To share the stage with the other performers at The Coronation Concert is a once-in-a-lifetime event and it will be an honor and a celebration. – Lionel Richie	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It's really daunting for a lot of businesses, especially the ones who came through Covid in a weakened state, they're now struggling to deal with another once-in-a-lifetime catastrophe. – Martin McTague	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I look forward to building relationships with our current players and recruiting elite student-athletes to LSU, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me, and I cannot wait. – Matt McMahon	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This is her moment. This is her once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compete at the Olympic Games. I’m not going to let them stop her from going and I’ll do whatever I can to make sure she’s safe and I’m willing to make sacrifices so she can enjoy the moment, i’m not going to let them win — to stop me — to silence me from expressing my opinions anywhere. – Arthur Liu	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This is a very big deal and a once-in-a-lifetime situation for the diamond industry. – Tiffany Stevens	Found on CNN 2 years ago
They’re scary motherf-----s to get involved with, we know they killed [Washington Post contributor Jamal] Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights. They execute people over there for being gay. Knowing all of this, why would I even consider it? Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates. – Phil Mickelson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
They’re scary … to get involved with, we know they killed [ Washington Post columnistJamal ] Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights. They execute people over there for being gay. Knowing all of this, why would I even consider it ? Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates. – Phil Mickelson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We know they killed (Washington Post columnist Jamal) Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights. They execute people over there for being gay, knowing all of this, why would I even consider it? Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates. – Phil Mickelson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
They’re scary motherf ------ to get involved with, we know they killed [ Washington Post reporter Jamal ] Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights. They execute people over there for being gay. Knowing all of this, why would I even consider Washington Post ? Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates. – Phil Mickelson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
They’re scary motherf ----- s to get involved with, we know they killed [ Washington Post reporter Jamal ] Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights. They execute people over there for being gay. Knowing all of this, why would I even consider Washington Post ? Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates. – Phil Mickelson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
To me, I see it as a once-in-a-lifetime experience. How many people can actually say that they stepped on I-95, or they slept on I-95? it’s hopefully a story that I can tell my grandkids one day. – Marvin Romero	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This is a rare, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me. – Adam Huttenlocker	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It sounds cliché to say that, but John is a once-in-a-lifetime guy. He was a character, but a really good character. – Bernie Layne	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance, i think it’s OK if you take proper infection-control measures. – Kayoko Fujita	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
My first Olympics in 2012, I walked and I was able to meet and take pictures with some of my idols in sport, some of the athletes that I look up to like Kobe( Bryant), LeBron( James) and actually being able to spend time with these people while we were preparing to do Opening Ceremonies, and those are the memories that last a lifetime... For someone who this may be their first Olympics, it's a once in a lifetime thing. You never know if you'll be able to get back to that stage.Traditional Tongan dress If this was an opening ceremony like no other, one thing remained unchanged compared to past Olympics : Pita Taufatofua made a return.Taufatofua first caught the attention of Olympic Stadium spectators in Rio five years ago when he appeared wearing traditional Tongan dress and covered in oil. Pita Taufatofua then repeated the act at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics two years later. Pita Taufatofua leads out Team Tonga during the opening ceremony. {. – Will Claye	Found on CNN 2 years ago
They were like a little couple camping, they were all nice and cozy like they were in one of those little double sleeping bags. They weren’t joined at all, just lying next to each other. I think it was a once-in-a-lifetime find. – Aiden Martin	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
2020 was a once-in-a-lifetime electionthat took place amid a pandemic. Hidalgo County alone lost more than 3,000 lives and South Texans faced hard times economically. But thanks to Democrats and the American Rescue Plan, the vaccine is helping us get back to normal and the economy is running full steam ahead. I'm going to continue to support policies that secure more resources for South Texans to recover from the pandemic, promote oil and gas production, create good paying jobs and give those in my district more opportunities to achievethe American Dream. i do see, at least among the older generation, more of a shift coming to the Republican Party. – Andrew Smith	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
You don't want to hope for it, but it's honestly the best learning experience you can get as an epidemiologist, living through this and being able to start doing some of the research I do now, as the pandemic is starting, has really been a once-in-a-lifetime learning experience. – Collin Catalfamo	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Collectors now will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to add a piece of his legacy to their collections. – Joe Orlando	Found on CNN 2 years ago
They took some idea that he really liked and they ran with it and they blew it up and made it this huge once-in-a-lifetime experience. – Cynthia Toscano	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I consider this a once-in-a-lifetime discovery for myself, i probably won’t find another site this exciting and scientifically significant during my career. – Alan Titus	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Right now, it still seems like a bit of a leisurely pursuit, to acquire bitcoin. But I think by the end of the year, with the current rate of institutional flow inbound, it will become clear that this is a once-in-a-lifetime landgrab. – Jehan Chu	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
I want to be a part of this end. I feel like I can't pass this up. It's like a once in a lifetime opportunity to be the one giving the vaccine if I have the chance. – Norman Vanderlee	Found on CNN 3 years ago
It was a once-in-a-lifetime chance for everyone to gather in a ballroom to hash out this important discussion about whether they should be playing, it's the collective power to implement change, in action. – Andrew Brandt	Found on CNN 3 years ago

To share the stage with the other performers at The Coronation Concert is a once-in-a-lifetime event and it will be an honor and a celebration.

– Lionel Richie

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It's really daunting for a lot of businesses, especially the ones who came through Covid in a weakened state, they're now struggling to deal with another once-in-a-lifetime catastrophe.

– Martin McTague

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I look forward to building relationships with our current players and recruiting elite student-athletes to LSU, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me, and I cannot wait.

– Matt McMahon

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This is her moment. This is her once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compete at the Olympic Games. I’m not going to let them stop her from going and I’ll do whatever I can to make sure she’s safe and I’m willing to make sacrifices so she can enjoy the moment, i’m not going to let them win — to stop me — to silence me from expressing my opinions anywhere.

– Arthur Liu

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This is a very big deal and a once-in-a-lifetime situation for the diamond industry.

– Tiffany Stevens

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They’re scary motherf-----s to get involved with, we know they killed [Washington Post contributor Jamal] Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights. They execute people over there for being gay. Knowing all of this, why would I even consider it? Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates.

– Phil Mickelson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They’re scary … to get involved with, we know they killed [ Washington Post columnistJamal ] Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights. They execute people over there for being gay. Knowing all of this, why would I even consider it ? Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates.

– Phil Mickelson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We know they killed (Washington Post columnist Jamal) Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights. They execute people over there for being gay, knowing all of this, why would I even consider it? Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates.

– Phil Mickelson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They’re scary motherf ------ to get involved with, we know they killed [ Washington Post reporter Jamal ] Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights. They execute people over there for being gay. Knowing all of this, why would I even consider Washington Post ? Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates.

– Phil Mickelson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They’re scary motherf ----- s to get involved with, we know they killed [ Washington Post reporter Jamal ] Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights. They execute people over there for being gay. Knowing all of this, why would I even consider Washington Post ? Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates.

– Phil Mickelson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

To me, I see it as a once-in-a-lifetime experience. How many people can actually say that they stepped on I-95, or they slept on I-95? it’s hopefully a story that I can tell my grandkids one day.

– Marvin Romero

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This is a rare, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me.

– Adam Huttenlocker

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It sounds cliché to say that, but John is a once-in-a-lifetime guy. He was a character, but a really good character.

– Bernie Layne

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance, i think it’s OK if you take proper infection-control measures.

– Kayoko Fujita

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

My first Olympics in 2012, I walked and I was able to meet and take pictures with some of my idols in sport, some of the athletes that I look up to like Kobe( Bryant), LeBron( James) and actually being able to spend time with these people while we were preparing to do Opening Ceremonies, and those are the memories that last a lifetime... For someone who this may be their first Olympics, it's a once in a lifetime thing. You never know if you'll be able to get back to that stage.Traditional Tongan dress If this was an opening ceremony like no other, one thing remained unchanged compared to past Olympics : Pita Taufatofua made a return.Taufatofua first caught the attention of Olympic Stadium spectators in Rio five years ago when he appeared wearing traditional Tongan dress and covered in oil. Pita Taufatofua then repeated the act at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics two years later. Pita Taufatofua leads out Team Tonga during the opening ceremony. {.

– Will Claye

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They were like a little couple camping, they were all nice and cozy like they were in one of those little double sleeping bags. They weren’t joined at all, just lying next to each other. I think it was a once-in-a-lifetime find.

– Aiden Martin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

2020 was a once-in-a-lifetime electionthat took place amid a pandemic. Hidalgo County alone lost more than 3,000 lives and South Texans faced hard times economically. But thanks to Democrats and the American Rescue Plan, the vaccine is helping us get back to normal and the economy is running full steam ahead. I'm going to continue to support policies that secure more resources for South Texans to recover from the pandemic, promote oil and gas production, create good paying jobs and give those in my district more opportunities to achievethe American Dream. i do see, at least among the older generation, more of a shift coming to the Republican Party.

– Andrew Smith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

You don't want to hope for it, but it's honestly the best learning experience you can get as an epidemiologist, living through this and being able to start doing some of the research I do now, as the pandemic is starting, has really been a once-in-a-lifetime learning experience.

– Collin Catalfamo

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Collectors now will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to add a piece of his legacy to their collections.

– Joe Orlando

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They took some idea that he really liked and they ran with it and they blew it up and made it this huge once-in-a-lifetime experience.

– Cynthia Toscano

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I consider this a once-in-a-lifetime discovery for myself, i probably won’t find another site this exciting and scientifically significant during my career.

– Alan Titus

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Right now, it still seems like a bit of a leisurely pursuit, to acquire bitcoin. But I think by the end of the year, with the current rate of institutional flow inbound, it will become clear that this is a once-in-a-lifetime landgrab.

– Jehan Chu

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

I want to be a part of this end. I feel like I can't pass this up. It's like a once in a lifetime opportunity to be the one giving the vaccine if I have the chance.

– Norman Vanderlee

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It was a once-in-a-lifetime chance for everyone to gather in a ballroom to hash out this important discussion about whether they should be playing, it's the collective power to implement change, in action.

– Andrew Brandt

Found on CNN
3 years ago

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