at one fell swoop
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But eight at one fell swoop appears to be something new.
From Washington Times • Jun. 24, 2020
Last week, in dramatic preparation for the new era, ten European nations carried out at one fell swoop the most far-reaching international currency reform since World War II.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dick Whittington's cat, who rid an African kingdom of rats at one fell swoop, might have prevailed, but not the cats of Kern County.
From Time Magazine Archive
Abigail described the decision to resume negotiations with France as “a master stroke of policy” because it averted a French war and removed the rationale for Hamilton’s army at one fell swoop.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
And suddenly at one fell swoop this life is blighted; the mother watches with growing despair the progress of the mysterious malady the cause of which she has striven in vain to discover.
From The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence by Sue, Eug?ne
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