Example Sentences

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The first is about baseball’s one-hit wonders, players who played just one game in the major leagues but have seen that appearance shape the rest of their lives.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

The song of the summer is … a parody of ’90s Europop one-hit wonders?

From Slate • Aug. 16, 2023

Well, except one: I forgot that the ’90s one-hit wonders Len were actually Canadian, but I wasn’t about to remove “Steal My Sunshine” from a summer playlist.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023

But right beside them, there are plenty of journeymen and dreamers and potential one-hit wonders.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2022

Radiohead's first hit single, Creep became a millstone around their neck, aligning them with the US grunge scene and, initially, marking them out as one-hit wonders.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2022