citizenry

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Maybe Roher believes this is what our increasingly gullible, truth-challenged citizenry needs from an explanatory doc: a flashy, kindhearted reminder that we’re the change we need to be.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

People around the world can separate a nation’s leader from its citizenry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

On the other is a U.S. citizenry continuing to band together so the most vulnerable in their communities don’t go hungry.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

Experts—including a former ICE official—say that endangers those agents, and violates the trust between law enforcement and the citizenry.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2025

They had been trained, of course, to not make eye contact with the citizenry, and to instead gaze past them impassively.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill