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The new analysis, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, looked at previous studies comparing the effectiveness of more than a dozen common antidepressants in total.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
"Busted, like some common perp on 'Mike Hammer.' I knew how stupid I had been," he wrote.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
These reductions are significant because chlorofluorocarbons and other ozone-depleting compounds were once common in refrigerators, air conditioning systems, building insulation, and other everyday products.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
In a statement released after her election victory, the Police Protective League’s board of directors said it shares a common goal with Raman of shoring up the department’s recruitment of new officers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
What were the odds that each of them knew somebody else in common?
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Once lauded as the Son of Heaven, Puyi died in 1967 as a commoner in Beijing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
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
He’s been called a thief, a benefactor, a commoner, a lord, a killer and a hero.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
One compares her to baseball star Shohei Ohtani, another praises her as a "commoner prime minister".
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
The only feature of the New World named after a commoner before 1507 seems to have been the Rio de Fonsoa, named after a sponsor of the 1499 expedition.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Separate figures suggest that amounts to more than 150,000 tonnes annually – enough to sustain three times the breeding populations of the ten commonest garden species if they relied on it alone all year round.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
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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