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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

"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

“This is simply counting the total ballots and comparing that total with the number of votes. ... Plain and simple. Common sense.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

"The boy had it forged special for the tourney. Plain work, but good. I do not know if he had finished paying the smith."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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