Without doing A once (expressed strongly)
12
あんなに部活に打ち込んでいたのに、彼女は留年することなく卒業したらしい。
Even though she threw herself completely into her club activities, it seems she ended up graduating without having to repeat any classes.
9
祖母は苦しむことなく天国に召されました。
Grandmother passed away peacefully (literally: was called to heaven without suffering).
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こともなく with the additional も reinforces the idea of "not even once"
This feels like ～たことがない to me, but with the が dropped and the form made adverbial. Using the dictionary form strikes me as where the stress comes from.
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