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Her character, however, is fading away in plain sight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Grog appeared in 80% of the decorated pottery analyzed, but researchers did not find it in a single piece of plain pottery.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Mencken, the legendary journalist, said: “No one in this world…has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

White wine vinegar — or even plain distilled white vinegar — is excellent with potatoes, creamy chicken soups and corn chowders.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

“It wasn’t a squirrel. It was a monkey—an honest-to-goodness live monkey. I saw it plain as day.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Originating from the Americas, peppers found their way to Hungary's sun-drenched, fertile river plains around Kalocsa and Szeged in the 16th century.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Yes, this particular region, about 24.3 cqurzots in radius, is definitely lower than the vast plains outside the depression.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

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

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 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

As far back as 3500 B.C., the Sumerians, the original inhabitants of this area, mastered irrigation and flood control to create a fertile oasis amid the sandy plains of what is now Iraq.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell

“I believe a plainer worry sits beneath the briefs and the news releases ... The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of Warner’s CNN,” Ellison wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

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

The male peacocks have the extravagant plumage to attract mates, while the females are a plainer colour.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2024

We can’t put it any plainer than he does: These assaults “are a direct result of multiple systems’ lack of appropriate resources, placements, and services” for kids in dire need.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

“Nonsense,” said Slughorn briskly, “couldn’t be plainer you come from decent Wizarding stock, abilities like yours. No, you’ll go far, Tom, I’ve never been wrong about a student yet.”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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

I had picked up a book about adventurous greens, only to fall for the plainest one.

From Salon ● May 26, 2025

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