give one
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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
Or perhaps more precisely, he does not like the massive offset in power they give one car over another.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
I only give one gift a year these days.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025
Tata Group, which owns Air India, has said it would give one crore rupee - the equivalent of about £86,000 - to the families of each person who was killed in the crash.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2025
But I give one more wave and a thank-you to the lady, who just tried to be nice.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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