the people

Example Sentences

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“Being Latina and living in L.A. right now, that hit so close to home. I have a lot of experience wishing for the safety of the people in my community.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

"We're really pleased this incident ended safely and it was great to meet everybody at the lifeboat station because we don't often get the chance to chat to the people we rescue."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Resulting staff cuts, he said, will “fall hardest on the people who can least afford it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Or he proposed combating them not so much for the benefit of the people most hurt by them as for people who didn’t want to live near them any longer.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

When I originally sat down to write The Light Returns, she was grieving the people she’d lost, missing her friends—especially her best friend.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows