in one stroke
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They did not explain their decision, which revoked legal status for 350,000 immigrants in one stroke.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2026
"We need spectacular moments to snatch their attention in one stroke," Kang, the director, explains.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
The “Petrouchka” struggled to define its episodic style clearly, and flattened its layers of unsettling counterpoint as if polishing over them in one stroke.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
This concept was potentially revolutionary because in one stroke it did away with the entire edifice of church ritual.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
She drew elephants for Aziza the way Jalil had shown her, in one stroke, without ever lifting the tip of the pen.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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