human beings

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That soccer thrives on the genius and physical prowess of human beings, which also means that the possibility of failure makes it profoundly dramatic, fascinates Luna.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Satrapi told the Guardian in 2024 that Persepolis was about making western readers reflect on the humanity of Iranian people, and to realise: "Oh, they're actually human beings like us".

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Every technological system presupposes some notion of what human beings are.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Leo has denounced the race for AI in the military field, saying that "delegating decisions concerning the life and death of human beings to machines" is a "destructive spiral".

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Although human beings have been walking upright for millions of years, it was not until 25,000 years ago that our forebears invented art.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell