common sort

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“I do think that the board and the mayor have a common sort of goal of ... trying to solve some of these problems that the electorate seems to still be quite upset about.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2025

Now that's all threatened because of scandals of the common sort in the Philippines�election cheating, graft�and Arroyo's handling of them.

From Time Magazine Archive

But he had that set courage which seems to daunt the common sort and paralyse the finger on the trigger; and he prevailed.

From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.

“I’m a very plain, common sort of man, my dear, but I’ve had lots of business experience, and p’r’aps I can help you better than some people would think.”

From The New Mistress A Tale by Fenn, George Manville

The moment she takes a personal interest in what she is reading, or becomes critical on the matter in hand, she is apt to overlook typographical errors of the most common sort.

From Work for Women by Manson, George J.