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Viola Davis provides mellifluous narration; giving voice to Du Bois in the reading of his letters and literature are the rapper-activist Common and the actors Jeffrey Wright and Courtney B. Vance.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
A fundraiser for the repairs at The New Inn was started shortly after, and Common, the owner, told police he thought the incident was "totally out of character for Daniel".
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Common symptoms include persistent diarrhea, abdominal pain, fatigue, and other complications that can significantly affect daily life.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
Common rattlesnakes in California include the Mojave, northern Pacific, red, sidewinder, speckled, and western diamondback rattlesnakes.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
And yet there was hardly anybody about, and all was quiet; from the Common Room there came a low murmur of no more than two or three voices.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing common
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Schooled
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Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801)
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