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once upon a time



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Idioms and Phrases

On some past occasion, as in I may have sung this piece once upon a time, but I don't really remember it . This phrase, first recorded in 1595, is frequently used as the opening line of fairy tales and stories told to children, as in Once upon a time there was a king who had three beautiful daughters .
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For the stunt community, the lack of Oscar recognition had become a source of increasingly bitter frustration, starkly highlighted by Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 film “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood,” which finally landed Pitt an Oscar for his turn as a grizzled 1960s stuntman.

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Maybe it’s inevitable that "Black Mirror," once upon a time a show of unnerving political and social prescience, would become not simply passé but past expiration.

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That contemporary art might be a dubious realm populated by frauds and charlatans seems quaint today, but once upon a time it was a standard assumption.

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Once upon a time, we had ships.

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She showed clips of characters she’s played in “Scream” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” who were both violently set on fire.

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