single file, in

Also, in Indian file. Aligned one behind the other, as in We have to bike in single file here, or The children were told to march in Indian file. Both usages are associated with military formations; the first term was first recorded in 1670; the variant, alluding to the usual marching order of Native Americans, was first recorded in 1758.
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According to CDC records, the infant mortality rate has increased annually on only five occasions — 2002, 2005, 2015, 2021 and 2022 — since the federal agency first linked infant births and deaths in a single file in 1995.

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According to the report, the rate had increased on only three previous occasions — 2002, 2005 and 2015 — after the CDC first linked infant births and deaths in a single file in 1995.

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In plea papers, cooperating Oath Keepers defendants have admitted to participating in a group that forced entry through the East Capitol Rotunda doors after marching single file in a stack up the steps wearing camouflage vests, helmets, goggles and Oath Keepers insignia.

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In plea papers, three Oath Keepers defendants who have pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy charges admitted to allegations that they were among a group that forced entry through the Rotunda doors after marching single file in a stack up the steps wearing camouflage vests, helmets, goggles and Oath Keepers insignia.

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In plea papers, cooperating Oath Keepers defendants have admitted to allegations that they were among a group that forced entry through the Rotunda doors after marching single file in a stack up the steps wearing camouflage vests, helmets, goggles and Oath Keepers insignia.

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