one after another
idiom
1
: in a continuing series
The buses kept arriving, one after another.
One person after another walked out of the concert.
2
: each one in a continuing series
One after another of her friends got married and moved away.
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Taken using a remote camera, the footage shows a mother polar bear walking across the snowy landscape—followed, one after another, by her three cubs.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
The accident took place at 9:49 a.m. (7:49 p.m. Monday ET) in Anseong, about 43.5 miles from Seoul, when five 164-foot concrete structures supporting the highway bridge collapsed one after another after being hoisted into place by a crane, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
—Reuters, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2025
The accident took place at 9:49 a.m. (0049 GMT) in Anseong, about 70 km (43.5 miles) from Seoul, when five 50 metre (164 ft) concrete structures supporting the highway bridge collapsed one after another after being hoisted into place by a crane, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
—Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
Five steel beams supporting the bridge, each about 164 feet long, collapsed one after another, the news agency said.
—Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
The accident took place at 9:49 a.m. (7:49 p.m. Monday ET) in Anseong, about 43.5 miles from Seoul, when five 164-foot concrete structures supporting the highway bridge collapsed one after another after being hoisted into place by a crane, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
—Reuters, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2025
The accident took place at 9:49 a.m. (0049 GMT) in Anseong, about 70 km (43.5 miles) from Seoul, when five 50 metre (164 ft) concrete structures supporting the highway bridge collapsed one after another after being hoisted into place by a crane, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
—Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
Five steel beams supporting the bridge, each about 164 feet long, collapsed one after another, the news agency said.
—Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
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“One after another.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20after%20another. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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