ordinary
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The impasse has left ordinary Iranians in limbo.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
On the football pitch, of course, he did things that were truly out of the ordinary.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
In ordinary situations, physicists ignore the time-reversed component by choosing a single arrow of time.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Behind the screens are ordinary civilians – mothers, taxi drivers and veterans.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Everybody figured that if it was something Imogene Herdman was scared to catch, it would wipe out the rest of us because ordinary germs didn’t even slow the Herdmans down.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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