woman in the street

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"The man and woman in the street cannot relate to gallium and germanium," says Dr Harper.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2023

From the bus, I see two men and one woman in the street.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2023

“We have had individuals come back on the force who a reasonable man or woman in the street would say, ‘I don’t want that person carrying a gun on my behalf,’ ” said Ms. Patterson.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022

“The average man and woman in the street probably doesn’t care a lot about it,” said Charles Bullock, a political science professor at the University of Georgia.

From Slate • May 23, 2022

Yet the offence was trifling; troublesome behaviour to an old woman in the street.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various