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somebody

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


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Somewhere in the city, somebody is chiselling away at a statue of the 74-year-old.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

“That’s what really kills an economy, when you’ve malinvested a trillion dollars and somebody here, being the debtholders, has to eat it,” he says.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

“The number one thing is trust. They trust somebody who’s dedicated to the ecosystem,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

And when you see somebody who goes outside of the lines, that makes all of us look bad.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

Maybe JB and Hodge and Gary had Jonah mixed up with somebody else too.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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