somebody
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And if Alcaraz wins again to reach the Flushing Meadows final, the host nation's long wait for somebody to finally follow in Andy Roddick's 2003 footsteps continues.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The key is exploiting job-seeker anxiety, he noted: “They want somebody who is in a hurry to find a job.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
“I told Dave, if you feel like you have to use somebody else in there, just do it,” Hernández said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
“He told me that he’s confident that if somebody gives him the money and the compute, he could build something that was going to beat all the models from OpenAI and Google,” said Dhingra.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
"Hey, look, Sam," Anastasia said, "somebody did bring a goldfish. See over there?"
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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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
Lance, you and your teammates aren’t being booed because you’re somebodies, you’re booed because you’re cheaters who have not honestly admitted such and apologized for it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2022
Not any more than certain other somebodies should ignore him!
From Lonesome Town by Ethel Dorrance