unknown person
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Gold jewellery, silver ingots and hundreds of coins were buried by an unknown person, most likely a member of a retreating Viking army.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025
“I really wanted a broke artist or some unknown person to win $30,000,” Wood said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2024
Beit Meri’s mayor, Roy Abou Chedid, told the AP that the apartment was rented in late February to an unknown person for one year for $48,000.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2024
Conservative MP William Wragg admitted he was coerced into giving other MPs' phone numbers to an as-yet unknown person on a gay dating app.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024
That unknown person probably stood in line for an injection just ahead of the schoolteacher.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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