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[pleyn] / pleɪn /








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“I think my editors thought there was something inherently funny about taking a suburban Mormon dad and dropping him into this world,” Coppins told Thompson on the Plain English podcast.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

This year, after unusually heavy rains in February, Carrizo Plain erupted in a dramatic bloom in March, attracting several hundred visitors per day.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

"Everyone here votes Fidesz," said Nikki, 32, in Tiszabö, a village of 2,000 inhabitants, with a large Roma majority, in the northern Great Plain region of Hungary.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Chris Quinn, editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, writing for the paper on Feb. 14:

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Plain and unflattering, if you ask me, hiding curves and figures even more than a salwar or sari.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins




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