one and the same
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People act like they’re one and the same.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
"The Northern Lights may be distant from the tropics, but the horizons we seek are increasingly one and the same," Indian lawmaker Shashi Tharoor wrote, in the Indian Express daily.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
But it was always far-fetched that the two people could be one and the same, and that Chalamet could have pulled off rapping with EsDeeKid's Liverpudlian accent.
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025
I feel like it’s all one and the same to me — I just want to perform, and wherever that finds its home is where I’m putting my energy.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
Yes, and he'd spoken of the director instead of the head doctor; could they be one and the same?
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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