all over one
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The exercise is usually kept private, and it’s all over, one way or another, in a matter of a few days or weeks.
From Slate • Sep. 6, 2023
Despite this interference, Antonelli recorded a video of cockroaches and other insects crawling all over one tenant’s dresser drawer.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2023
I wondered if this was partly post-pandemic longing for normal, all of us in close quarters breathing all over one another and laughing as though nothing had really changed.
From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2022
Today our dog went to her first puppy school class and she basically hid in a corner while the other puppies jumped all over one another like they were at a fun party.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2020
There’s ink smeared all over one corner and the silk’s all perished down the middle, as though she and Engel have been playing tug of war with it.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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