common people

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It’s playing with fire, and the common people will not be unscathed.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

Private property, the rule of law—in the American system common people could make binding agreements, own property, open businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

"The common people have supported us with an open heart," he added.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

"If Robbie Williams comes out? No, I'm leaving," said a woman next to me in the audience, as the stage filled with random people - common people - dressed in plastic raincoats.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025

I maintain that one reaches this princedom either with the favour of the common people or with that of the nobility, since these two different humours are found in every body politic.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli