mortals
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The truth is more mundane: Their makers figured out their creations can’t do it all alone, and require the knowledge and tools honed over millennia by us mere mortals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
However, Huppert emphasised the social symbolism of a vampire aristocracy that draws its power by feeding on ordinary mortals.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
There’s a wicked irony in micromanaging your entire life on Earth only to croak and have your soul potentially jettisoned to some formless state of being, entirely unknown to mere mortals.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025
It’s not just us mere mortals trying to wrap our brains around these mind-boggling numbers, as one of the world’s biggest hedge funds seems dumbfounded.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2025
Never without you can gods or mortals hold banquet.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
