somebody
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"We knew something was going to happen to somebody, but not who or how much," says Goin.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
“It was like 10,000 people outside, and they closed all the doors and somebody rushed the doors,” the rapper said, according to Variety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
A shoddy cable—one somebody bought online, picked up at the gas station or that came with some random cheap electronics—might be at fault.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
A. I find that the best antidote to gloom is a chat with somebody who’s both a visionary and highly practical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
“Thick, warm ash fell and we couldn’t see again. This time there was no wind. It fell densely, like somebody pouring a bag of fine sand over your head.”
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
You can think, within two seconds, of stories of nobodies who became somebodies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
"Somebody or somebodies know where this came from and how it got there," Mr Tobin said.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024
Any political cartoon is bound to offend somebody — or quite a few somebodies — on a regular basis.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
But there’ll be scores — perhaps hundreds — of publicity seekers, gadflies and wannabe somebodies on the ballot to replace Newsom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2021
Many of us, just somebodies but nobodies in especial particular, do not have a separate head at all but go in a group into the feature "Obituary Notes."
From Walking-Stick Papers by Holliday, Robert Cortes
