private citizen
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The photos were taken consensually, when Gallant was a private citizen, but what’s protecting him more than anything is that he looks good.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
Having since left the legislature, Hertzberg — now a private citizen — is trying again.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
The lab team also worried about violating longstanding safeguards limiting use of private citizen data.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
If Powell stays, the Justice Department would not be pursuing a private citizen but a sitting central banker, raising the stakes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
But let us come to the second instance, when a private citizen becomes prince of his native city not through wickedness or any other intolerable violence, but with the favour of his fellow citizens.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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