common people
Example Sentences
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"The government must also think about the common people like us. Please take action to find a solution so that this haze problem can be resolved immediately."
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 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
It’s playing with fire, and the common people will not be unscathed.
From Slate ● May 15, 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
I looked again at the cover of the Masses and I knew that the wild cartoon did not reflect the passions of the common people.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
