give one
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But it did seem inconceivable that the VAR could give one foul and not the other.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Later this year, the singer is set to give one of his biggest UK performances yet at London's O2 arena.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
If you give one monkey a cucumber slice and you give another monkey a grape, the first monkey will throw the cucumber back at you—probably because you violated its sense of fairness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
I only give one gift a year these days.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025
Lyra felt like telling the bear to kill him, but she said, “We’re taking the child away for them. They can afford to give one fish to pay for that.”
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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