common people
Example Sentences
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"Negligence with the safety of students and common people will not be tolerated at any cost," it said.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Mencken said that “democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
Although in her youth Catherine had imbibed Enlightenment views about the suffering of the common people, she was pragmatic enough to leave undisturbed the adamantine ways of the Russian countryside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
For instance, Aleys’s late mother cherished books, even though common people rarely knew how to read and write, let alone owned books.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
I received mail from all over the world, from common people and from kings, from a few people I knew and from thousands I did not know.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
