common

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Have you heard that snow at Easter is just as common as it is at Christmas?

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

One of the common ways people invest in private credit might have more risk than previously known.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Vision problems, particularly nearsightedness, have grown more common among American children.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

These menswear staples—basics but for their deep social coding—are equally common in Tokyo’s Harajuku or Paris’s Bastille or even in the provincial towns of Italy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

IT WAS IN late November that year that a common cold made a big difference.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom