one in a million
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In Ismir, they met Isra'a, a then-11-year-old girl whose family had left Aleppo as bombs rained down on the city, and who would become the subject of their documentary "One In A Million," which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday.
From Barron's
She kept it up, throwing dedication nights in honor of Usher’s “Confessions,” Janet Jackson’s “The Velvet Rope,” 50 Cent’s “Get Rich or Die Tryin,’ ” “One in a Million” by Aaliyah and Mariah Carey’s “The Emancipation of Mimi.”
From Los Angeles Times
Charity AHC UK said it is an ultra-rare neurodevelopmental disease, which only affects one in a million.
From BBC
“Yeah. I’m aware. It was a one in a million shot. Lucky me.”
From Literature
Even so, he pegs the odds of $2-a-gallon gasoline as a national average at one in a million.
From MarketWatch
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