one in a million
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Even so, he pegs the odds of $2-a-gallon gasoline as a national average at one in a million.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025
We were set to meet at the Hamptons Film Festival, but I got to meet her beautiful daughter, Vicky, who is really just one in a million, just a stunning, wonderful human being.
From Salon ● May 9, 2025
Cahir, while one of just hundreds of people here with the condition, was described by Paul as "one in a million".
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2024
“Chordoma is a one in a million cancer,” Gary Sinise wrote Tuesday, sharing information about the disease.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
Inside, it said: You’re one in a million.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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