somebody
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"That was the moment I realised somebody had to do something," said the wildlife biologist, who never dreamt of a career revolving around the sea.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Even those who do hire a professional sometimes need extra help, a second opinion or just somebody to test ideas with — off the clock.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
“You can have somebody die during the estrangement,” says Christine Droney, a licensed clinical social worker in Lititz, Pa., who often sees clients who are grieving the impact of estrangements they initiated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Introducing a person in crisis to Tennant is "like picking somebody off the floor," she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
It sounded like somebody tapping a wooden spoon against a wooden bowl.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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Is there somebody or somebodies that you’ve thought about for a while and said, “Well, that would fit, that could work”?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
"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
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
But in town you're likely to encounter anybody where the somebodies of one set merge into the somebodies of another.
From The Younger Set by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)