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Indeed, Walker’s Bitcoin origin story hewed closely to a common template in the Bitcoin community.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Another major challenge is that Bundibugyo can initially resemble several far more common illnesses.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
"It's very common for people to hide things if they have a carer visiting their home, for example hiding their wedding photos or taking down a trans flag," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Television news helicopter coverage has become one of the most important elements of any local newscast, with the high-flying helicopters roaring overhead a common fixture of breaking news scenes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
It’s a common plant, probably a common name.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Harald had been seen as a down to earth "people's king" who had helped to modernise the monarchy, broken with tradition by marrying a commoner and served as a unifying figure.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The fugitive Aegon experienced what it was like to be a boot-licking commoner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
One compares her to baseball star Shohei Ohtani, another praises her as a "commoner prime minister".
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
LONDON—It was supposed to be the moment a shamed prince was reduced to humble commoner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Like a rude commoner watching performers on some village green, Hamlet commented loudly throughout the play.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
And the blackbird remains one of the commonest garden birds with numbers holding steady in many parts of the country, especially in rural areas, and in the north.
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
So-called hyperemesis gravidarum is the commonest cause of admission to hospital of women in the first three months of pregnancy.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2023
Rampant, unchecked militarism, as historian Arnold Toynbee noted, "has been by far the commonest cause of the breakdown of civilizations."
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2022
Rather, Button selected their products for BuyMeOnce because of the inventive ways Davek responds to the commonest problem: losing that umbrella.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2018
This last is by far the commonest reaction to stigma.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801)
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