for one thing
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Unlike the children in the book — well, for one thing, they are not children — they are not punished for being bad, but only for losing at whatever games the series proposes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
It was the kind of drop-everything request familiar to jet-setting professionals, except for one thing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The town has become infamous among online animal rescue activists around the world for one thing - sham dog rescue shelters.
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
The economy was stunted by abnormally severe winter weather, for one thing.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
I was hot, for one thing, and also I’d been remembering a floating trick Blu Jackson told me about last fall.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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