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somebody

[suhm-bod-ee, -buhd-ee, -buh-dee] / ˈsʌmˌbɒd i, -ˌbʌd i, -bə di /


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When Kemi Badenoch arrived for her first Conservative conference as leader last year, a member of her entourage overheard somebody wonder aloud: "Who's that?"

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

I’m not somebody who’s well informed about the world of politics, I’m not the most eligible person, and I try to just stand by humanity — just the basic, fundamental facts that we all know.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"Every time somebody wants help here, he helps them. His nature is very good," Shah said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

I’m not somebody who thinks that my faith needs to be written directly into law.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

Why couldn’t Lou Ann have asked somebody else to solve this problem?

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

"If the produce that I've been growing is contaminated in some way, hows it going to affect somebodies health. How is it going to affect my health?," she said.

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

You can think, within two seconds, of stories of nobodies who became somebodies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Taking shots at the Compton native and his reputation, Cole’s “7 Minute Drills” proves that now there’s technically two somebodies doing the dissin’.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2024

Morocco, to its further credit beyond all the credit it has earned here, coped with that by playing like somebodies who found themselves belonging here.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2022

They "counted" now; they were "somebodies," and a host of new and exciting experiences were ahead of them.

From Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock




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