Actually, you CAN make an exception just once.

Source: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/05/13/report-absent-leagues-desire-to-dump-dan-snyder-josh-harris-bid-wouldnt-be-approved/

After a promising 1-1 draw with Liverpool on the opening day of the season, Chelsea have won just once in the league since, currently sitting 14th in the league table after six games and already nine points off the top four.

Source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/simulated-rest-chelseas-season-see-31052760

Allen’s poor record at the Crucible is matched by Robertson, who has reached the one-table set-up just once since his solitary tournament victory in 2010.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/uk-sports/2023/04/22/mark-allen-makes-short-work-of-final-frame-to-seal-win-over-stuart-bingham/

Although the show only landed in the streamer’s top 10 rankings just once, it found its niche audience.

Source: https://decider.com/2023/02/11/showtime-picks-up-uncoupled-following-netflix-cancellation/

A whale may give birth to a single calf just once every five to seven years, and the region’s sperm whale population has declined 3% each year since 2010.

Source: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Points-of-Progress/2023/1220/A-rush-to-capture-history-before-it-fades-away?icid=rss

BetamaxTheory suggested: “Ok my suggestion is that if they see you just once walking in the company of a police officer or PCSO, they will get the message and leave you well alone in future.

Source: https://www.mylondon.news/news/real-life/woman-heartless-homeless-waterloo-station-27043699

By putting in your secret key — just once — to each device you add a second half to the overall security puzzle that keeps your information safe.

Source: https://www.digitaltrends.com/dtdeals/1password-business-support-february-2023/

Colchester United, please just once can we have a positive start to a season?

Source: https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/sport/23735916.fans-view-colchester-united-fan-si-collinson-gives-views-us/?ref=rss

Contrast that to Newcastle's form on the road where Howe's team have won just once in the top-flight this season - even if that was a record-equalling 8-0 victory at Sheffield United.

Source: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-arsenal-kai-havertz-joelinton-28048743

Crucially, people played the game not just once but four times, with different partners each time.

Source: https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/the-secrets-of-cooperation

During that period, Wanderers have plummeted to third bottom of the form table with two points gained from the last 18 available, in which they have scored just once in their previous five league outings.

Source: https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/highwycombe/23988823.matt-bloomfield-praises-paul-warne-wycombe-take-derby/?ref=rss

Frequent injuries began to hamper his progress, however, with Jones having reached more than 20 Prem appearances in a season just once since the 2014-15 campaign.

Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21756995/phil-jones-man-utd-cost/

Fruhvirtova is ranked just once place below Raducanu and the British No.1 will next face world No.105 Viktoria Kuzmova as she bids to win her second-ever title.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/03/what-a-battle-emma-raducanu-gets-off-to-winning-start-in-2023-18030458/

He’d won just once before when trailing in the fourth quarter (the aforementioned Texans game).

Source: https://nesn.com/2023/10/why-mac-jones-game-winning-drive-was-exactly-what-patriots-qb-needed/

He, or his wife, has been an MP since 1991, losing just once in 1998.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/brij-bhushan-sharan-singh-and-anand-mohan-how-justice-is-politically-mediated-8584479/

He scored just once in 22 matches in his first season, but missed 26 games through injury with a hairline fracture of his foot among the most serious of his issues.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12460663/Eden-Hazard-gone-89m-Galactico-left-scrapheap-available-free-Premier-League-clubs-turning-fitness-fears.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

"I always ask for rules and regulations first before I will hear 'You can cook just once a week and no visitors allowed ' I can't deal."

Source: https://www.legit.ng/people/1534460-t-london-nigerian-lady-shows-interior-room-n317k-uk-finds-tv-it/

If I post just once on your sub and mention it on my insta then you'll triple your subscribers in a day.

Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/mollycapobianco/entitled-influencers-with-main-character-energy

"If the patient comes to the clinic and measures just once, it gives only a snapshot of how well their blood pressure is controlled," Lu said.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/lifestyle/health_and_wellness/aha-news-blood-pressure-measurements-in-the-clinic-may-vary-widely-between-doctors-visits/article_1816559d-0b72-5a65-a74c-5f679aa3651c.html

I mean, beating one of Matt Painter’s best teams just once, even at home, would’ve been more than enough to make me happy with the state of the rivalry.

Source: https://www.crimsonquarry.com/2023/2/25/23615151/the-hoosier-state