commonplace

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Other than jammers, U.S. forces heading to the region don’t seem to possess antidrone equipment on their vehicles or landing craft, which has become commonplace in Ukraine, Sampson said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Gay says smaller incidents are commonplace during the summer when walkers "go where they aren't used to going".

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Harbour, Bateman and Cardellini spoke about how the series turns commonplace true crime themes of sex, love and murder into a smart, funny and empathetic whodunit.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Alavi was given a range of equipment including a sewing machine, fabric and cash for a solar panel -- essential in a country where power cuts are commonplace.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Now he was used to such things, a roadside commonplace, but back then, before the coarsening and general numbness, when it was a novelty and when everything was new, he felt it sharply.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan