common people
Example Sentences
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It’s playing with fire, and the common people will not be unscathed.
From Slate • May 15, 2026
Although in her youth Catherine had imbibed Enlightenment views about the suffering of the common people, she was pragmatic enough to leave undisturbed the adamantine ways of the Russian countryside.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
"The common people have supported us with an open heart," he added.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
"If Robbie Williams comes out? No, I'm leaving," said a woman next to me in the audience, as the stage filled with random people - common people - dressed in plastic raincoats.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025
“Carlisle was born in London, in the sixteen-forties, he believes. Time wasn’t marked as accurately then, for the common people anyway. It was just before Cromwell’s rule, though.”
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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