one-way ticket
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Even though Spirit shrank as it struggled in recent years, the airline was selling rock-bottom tickets right up until the end, such as a $25 one-way ticket from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
The WSJ paid nearly $3,000 for a one-way ticket three weeks before departure, and JetBlue didn’t know I was testing the service.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
They booked a one-way ticket from Chicago to Los Angeles and for a month helped members of the congregation as they sifted through the ruins of their homes.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
"We want them to have a one-way ticket - not a return back into prison or back into non-custodial sentences," Lord Timpson says.
From BBC • May 8, 2025
As usual, she was broke, dumping single dollar bills, change, pennies on the counter to pay for the one-way ticket to Ohio.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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