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  • "It's a big one!" wrote @nekko1119 in Ibaraki Prefecture, just north of Tokyo.

    Quake Produces Flood of Tweets Andrew Joyce 2011

  • When the water returned, someone would yell "Here comes another one!" to clear the area.

    California, Oregon sustain damage from tsunami 2011

  • “But after Lilith was found dead in my bed, not one person, not one! stood up for me.”

    Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011

  • What was the point of speak­ing if, now that the trans­la­tor had been kid­napped, no one no one! could deci­pher what she or any­one else had to say?

    When the Translator Disappears, the Translation Withers and Dies Bill Yarrow 2011

  • “The left one!” a voice called firmly from beside him.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • “I have one!” his mother cried, shuffling in front of the couch and standing perfectly still.

    Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010

  • “You are indeed the lucky one!” she said in Somali, laughing at her play on the meaning of my name, Ayaan, “fortunate.”

    Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010

  • “Strike one!” he shouted, with more gusto than Ruby had heard from him all game.

    DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010

  • “ Grab that one!” she cried, pointing in the direction of a garbage heap down the alley.

    Deep Kiss Of Winter Kresley Cole 2009

  • How many times have you heard that desperate: But of course youre the only one! while hes frantically fumbling with your bra after one too many margaritas?

    Become Your Own Matchmaker Patti Stanger with Lisa Johnson Mandell 2009

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