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The new units, and a separate building for intake and services, are to be built on a five-acre, tree-studded field commonly known as the Great Lawn at the intersection of Wilshire and San Vicente boulevards.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Once commonly found across Wales, water voles – living along waterways - have undergone significant decline and are listed as endangered due to threats from habitat loss and predators.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

But as so commonly happens, young people’s needs are mischaracterized or ignored.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

And Rossetti isn’t alone in seeing a spiritual nexus of a topic that, at least in secular circles, is more commonly discussed in the context of aliens.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

The Germans, it turned out, had poisoned the river shore with an yperite mixture—more commonly known as mustard gas.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein