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little people

[lit-l pee-puhl] / ˈlɪt l ˌpi pəl /
NOUN
(in folklore) small, humanlike beings
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Godzilla, "all the little people below are scrambling as these giants hit each other," says Federman.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

One way to understand how little people thought of these teams’ chances before the start of the season is through their preseason odds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

This is because I have a ton of little people living with me: a 6-year-old, a 4-year-old, and a 1-and-a-half-year-old.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2024

"I have the problem that it’s not Putin that persecuted me but those little people I lived in the same city with," she says.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2024

“I promise we’ll remember the little people when we achieve egg drop stardom.”

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller



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