onlys

And so many more "firsts" and "onlys" -- and that's the result of your hard work and your courage and your persistence.

Speech Honoring the Role of Women in the Military 2009

Justifying these two "onlys," the press release underscores the purported worry that people are being wrongly diagnosed or treated because of unvalidated diagnostic tests and 'natural' treatments, implying either can be dangerous, because the wrong treatment can cause serious side effects, or the true cause of symptoms can be left undiagnosed and untreated.

UK's Royal College of Physicians a nightmare for thyroid patients 2009

The rules were different back then, as the career of Sinatra illustrates - it is a long list of firsts, many of which remain "onlys", as no one has hit as many career highs as Old Blue Eyes.

The Guardian World News Ali Catterall 2010

The rules were different back then, as the career of Sinatra illustrates - it is a long list of firsts, many of which remain "onlys", as no one has hit as many career highs as Old Blue Eyes.

The Guardian World News Ali Catterall 2010

The opening sections of the novella luxuriate in the severities of an outlandishly repressive regime, and fall, at one point, into a welter of negatives and double negatives, "onlys" and "hardlys": "When I first arrived to stay with Great Granny Webster she had told me that the only human being she had spoken to for months was Richards.

Ladies in Distress Miller, Karl 1978

I'm not tourists, not one night onlys with Nikons or Minoltas

Summertime City Roberto C. Garcia 2011

I'm not tourists, not one night onlys with Nikons or Minoltas

Summertime City Roberto C. Garcia 2011

The 'what-ifs' and 'onlys' are the things that no one can get out of their minds.

Fairfax County community mourns after teen is struck, killed by neighbor's car Theresa Vargas 2010

The Manchester City striker's other career in the toilet-tissue industry was clearly more than coincidental, and while some may wonder if any amount of bathroom fitments would have made the difference against Pelé's Brazil, you can rest assured the FA will do their utmost to ensure it is not a subject of "if onlys" 46 years on from next summer.

All cisterns must be go for England's team at Euro 2012 | Harry Pearson 2011

Folks, take it easy on Kristin -- we all knew the minute the "Perdu" column was posted, that she and Jean-Marc were torturing themselves further with all the "what-ifs" and "if-onlys" that their minds could create, and wagging your finger and saying you told them so at this point does nothing.

creve - French Word-A-Day 2009