somebody
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So the goal isn’t always to maximally dunk on somebody.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
“And it sounded like she was watching based on a recommendation, which meant somebody else was watching too. I took that as a good sign.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
That is better than the 46.3 balls it took to dislodge somebody under Stokes but far behind the 69.5 balls Strauss' side soaked up.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Never before had somebody hit three home runs in his first MLB game—until Joshua Báez.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
It’s like the entire world is forgetting that sharing DNA with somebody doesn’t make me the same as them.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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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
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
Any political cartoon is bound to offend somebody — or quite a few somebodies — on a regular basis.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
They are somebodies that are always on a man-of-war; and they are young too.
From The End of a Coil by Susan Warner