commons

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Speaking in the commons after the announcement, the Labour MP for Mid Derbyshire Jonathan Davies warned the proposal to cancel the A38 project could mean the area faces an economic hit.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

Leo writes that modern technology has wonderful benefits like the establishment and ease of worldwide interconnections, the formation of global community and solidarity via the digital commons.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

The sum of all this is a tragedy of the education commons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

I’d like the city to think big on behalf of the greater good — the commons, as it used to be called — instead of the individual.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

I raced toward the commons area, where the twelve cabins—one for each Olympian god—made a U around the central green.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan