common man
Example Sentences
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Her early success "only intensified her commitment to stand by the common man - squatting with vendors, arriving wherever there was trouble, dressing simply and making it her hallmark style".
From BBC • May 5, 2026
This is surely taking social history, which makes the Islamist common man decisive, way too far.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
Historians have interpreted this as the era’s political satire: the magpie, audacious in the presence of a great predator, represented the common man standing up to the nobility.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2025
He was a rare win for the common man and maybe even the resurgence of the '90s golden era of rap that will never come back.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2024
But you cannot simply pursue these ends without results that will aid the common man.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
