somebody
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Buy because you think somebody else will pay more, not because the company is making more money.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026
Rather than a fixed, positional style of play - akin to the work of somebody like Manchester City's Enzo Maresca - Pochettino's USA had only certain players being tasked with holding their position.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
"I think somebody probably just picked it up, put it in their pocket and... they're probably smiling and thinking, 'it's in my drawer'," says Purnell.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
To win the quality of candidate that it needs, it rolled out a $30,000 signing bonus, plus $30,000 to any current employees who recommend somebody who gets hired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
There is something coppery about it, a metallic smell mixed with the smell of urine and feces, when something, when somebody, is afraid.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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
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
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
They "counted" now; they were "somebodies," and a host of new and exciting experiences were ahead of them.
From Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
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