in one piece
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But these elite athletes will also have something else on their minds: making it off of one of the ski world’s most feared mountains in one piece.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
She was just trying to get home to her three kids in one piece.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026
There are so many negatives intruding that investors would be lucky to escape the coming year in one piece.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
The most symbolic move took place in August, when Kiruna’s 100-year-old landmark church was relocated in one piece.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025
She learned that they lived in wigwams, not teepees, and that they made canoes from the bark of a single white birch tree, removed in one piece so as not to kill it.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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