For some, China is today what America once was: a rising and vigorous power.
Passing those costs on to consumers is no longer as easy as it once was.
If you look closely, there are still hints of the poor fishing village Positano once was.
But fashion is not quite the mysterious dog whistle it once was for me, either.
This ought to be the kind of thing everybody agrees on (and once was).
For instance, there once was an agency who needed some buzz and pageviews.
We must always be careful when holding up what once was as a paragon of virtue.
Not once was I asked about education policy during my trip by the press.
But Scudder was an unusual character, of the sort that newspapering once was full of.
Some day, in the future, people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was.
Simply, Syracuse would not have been what it once was or even is without him.
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The battlefield itself is morphing into something very different from what it once was.
It is not so obvious as it once was, however, that unions and Democrats are allies.
The company once was highly profitable, flush with cash, and one of the worshiped Dow 30.
That is probably still true, but less of an advantage than it once was.
Latin Americans no longer see Spain as the place of opportunity it once was.
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First, she argues, Social Security is no longer the financial winner it once was.
They have yet to make it to championship weekend, which once was a rite of passage here.
There once was a time when devaluation would have worked but that was in the early 1970s.
Even long-standing hit Survivor, which continually makes Nielsen's top 15, is hardly the boost it once was.
Mr Blair called him the "Wayne Rooney of the cabinet" (probably not the compliment it once was).
What he did instead was remind the roomful of suits what the network once was: must-see TV.
Gold is hardly the booming market it once was, same for silver come to think of it.
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Is Samsung becoming what Apple once was, a company that everybody looks to as a model?
There are reasons to believe that the yuan is not as obviously undervalued as it once was.
Lord Taverne, who is married to a scientist, expounds and exposes like the barrister he once was.
In Europe and the wider world he has to make France admired again, as it once was.
It certainly does not support a view that strategic depth is less important than it once was.
First, it should be acknowledged that the PC market is not the barrel of joy it once was.
If he once was seen as the wave of the future, he seemed less so at his death.
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