common people
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It’s playing with fire, and the common people will not be unscathed.
From Slate • May 15, 2026
"The common people have supported us with an open heart," he added.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
Mencken famously said, “is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
“Because they’re so common, people assume they’re quite boring,” said Breanna Putman, an ecologist at Cal State San Bernardino.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025
I received mail from all over the world, from common people and from kings, from a few people I knew and from thousands I did not know.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
