in one piece
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But these elite athletes will also have something else on their minds: making it off of one of the ski world’s most feared mountains in one piece.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
She was just trying to get home to her three kids in one piece.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026
There are so many negatives intruding that investors would be lucky to escape the coming year in one piece.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
But instead of dismantling it, engineers are moving it in one piece, supported by steel beams and carried on self-propelled modular transporters.
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025
They didn’t seem to be making much progress, but considering what they’d been through, it was a miracle the ship was in one piece.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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