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
The US-funded study had sought to give one set of babies the vaccine at birth, while another would have had the shot delayed until six weeks of age.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
What it brought was consistently more penalties, because there were many more reasons to give one.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025
I only give one gift a year these days.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025
Mr. Mwila had to give one hard hand clap and shout, “Decorum, class three,” to settle things down.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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