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The request is a common theme among the Jolie-Pitt siblings since the couple’s marriage was formally dissolved in 2019 and divorce became finalized in 2024 after a long legal battle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Riding with another person on the back is another common issue.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Lower limb injuries including sprains, bone damage and wear and tear of the tendons are common, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Before I relocated to the Pacific Northwest, I had only seen whales and other wildlife common to this region on TV.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
A common phrase of departure among young people.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
One compares her to baseball star Shohei Ohtani, another praises her as a "commoner prime minister".
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
When Mette-Marit married into the family as a commoner, her son was already four years old.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
LONDON—It was supposed to be the moment a shamed prince was reduced to humble commoner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Any commoner can bake and send such a treat as a gift and be considered thoughtful.
From Salon ● May 7, 2024
And he is a commoner, a yeoman, so I don’t look for him among the gentlemen.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
And the blackbird remains one of the commonest garden birds with numbers holding steady in many parts of the country, especially in rural areas, and in the north.
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
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
I had become ... so unused to the sports and games of boys, that I knew I was awkward and inexperienced in the commonest things belonging to them.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801)
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