somebody
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After years of food designed to work everywhere for everyone, diners may simply be hungry again for evidence that somebody meant it.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 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
"It's heart-breaking," she said, adding: "I don't think somebody should have to choose financial stability over pursuing their dream."
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
“I see three toppled cars and a big gap down the middle of the street, like somebody opened a giant zipper.”
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
You can think, within two seconds, of stories of nobodies who became somebodies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
"We felt like we were somebodies for a few weeks," Elaine added.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025
Over the decades, amateurs have beaten pros, nobodies have beaten somebodies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 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
There was always somebody else or several somebodies waiting for every job there was—hoping for it, maybe praying for it.
From Operation: Outer Space by Murray Leinster
