mortals
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And unlike us mere mortals, they aren’t afflicted by pesky qualms about their reputation or career, or that queasy feeling in the gut produced by years of social conditioning against lying or ripping people off.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026
Can anything we mortals create stand the test of time?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
However, Huppert emphasised the social symbolism of a vampire aristocracy that draws its power by feeding on ordinary mortals.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
College football once leaned on bots, but it decided last decade to reintroduce the human element, which has only shown that mortals can make baffling, terrible decisions, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
He did not really care for any of the things of mere earth; he was in the clouds and looked down on all the weaknesses and wants of us poor mortals.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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