commons
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Maybe it says something bleak about American consumer culture that the public commons has to speak in the language of shopping before we recognize its value.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Unauthorized leaks aren’t as commons as they are in the music and movie industries, but they do occur.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
By the time of her death she was refusing to drink, despite desperate efforts to hydrate her, and the inquest was told this was sign of hydrophobia, a fear of water commons in rabies cases.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
Succession concluded before generative A.I. overcame the creative commons, but it’s likely the budget-slashing Tom would have readily embraced the tech much as D’Amaro has.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2026
Mathew Carey took up the story: “Of these, one crawled out on the commons, where he died....Two died in the circus.”
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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