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[kom-uhn] / ˈkɒm ən /




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“President Trump and Gianni Infantino share a genuine friendship built on a common vision,” said Andrew Giuliani, the executive director of the White House’s task force on the World Cup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Super Micro is planning to offer $5 billion in new common and preferred shares and raise an extra $2 billion in an at-the-market offering in July or later.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

She said net entanglement was a "common occurrence" with up to 10% of the seals that come to them for rehabilitation having been injured this way.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Whenever I type a question — say, “How common is chatbot sycophancy?” — into Google, it responds with what seems like an excess of enthusiasm: “Great question!”

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

The only thing they had in common was that they were all unicorns.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold




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