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Few sit down to a plate of soybeans, but soy is hiding in plain sight throughout the American diet.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

"It's been made plain to him that his wife, his son, and 99% of people in general, want nothing more to do with him."

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

But “The Singer in My Band” doesn’t quite reach its potential because the production is so plain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

“With all the facts, the data, the overwhelming public interest case for our transaction so plain, still we took vicious, often personal abuse,” he recalls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Imagine, a clue of such magnitude hidden in plain sight, right on the opening pages!

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

News of the home invasion spread rapidly across the rolling plains of southwestern Oklahoma.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The Systemiq research estimates that roughly a third of Himalayan glacier melt is driven by black carbon, much of it originating from brick kilns in the plains.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Some risks can be largely sidestepped: choosing not to build on an earthquake fault line, for example, or in flood plains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

The southern surface is dominated by tall mountains and heavily cratered terrain, while the northern hemisphere consists largely of broad, low-lying plains.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

But by being there beneath the plains of Weehawken for their interview, they managed to make a dramatic final statement about the time of their time.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

He is also often being asked how to zhuzh up plainer fare or find satiety with smaller portions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

His brother Andy, who makes up the final third of the band on drums, it was even plainer than that.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025

A plainer recent example of pure Lynchian quirk is tough to come by.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2025

For example, Chinese zhajiangmian is usually plainer than Korean-Chinese jajangmyeon, which is coated in a thick sauce of fermented black beans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

It made her seem plainer, and her face was made up in pale colors that weren’t flattering either.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

In “Love and Summer,” William Trevor’s novel of doomed romance and quiet resignation, even the plainest sentence conveys roiling emotion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

As she explained, the Humphreys case is “squarely among ‘the gravest and most important’ cases in which the no-impeachment rule should yield to avoid ‘violating the plainest principles of justice.’

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2025

Mr Duck KC said: "It was the plainest of intrusions and the fear it caused was inevitable."

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025

Most American films depicting large-scale conflicts tout an anonymous hero's role in a broader conflict, promoting the notion that the smallest, plainest person can be the difference between victory and defeat.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2023

I fiddle with the curly mass of my bangs and slouch down, feeling like the plainest girl ever next to the fashion plate that is Katherine Deveraux.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland