common man
Example Sentences
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This is surely taking social history, which makes the Islamist common man decisive, way too far.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
He said that a Diwali gift in the form of a "massive tax bonanza" was on its way for the common man and the millions of small businesses that power Asia's third largest economy.
From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025
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
Perhaps he was just some common man who wanted bards to sing of him.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
