commons
Example Sentences
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Unauthorized leaks aren’t as commons as they are in the music and movie industries, but they do occur.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
The good kind includes security alliances and trade deals to advance U.S. interests, plus efforts to solve tragedies of the commons like overfishing or Ebola.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Campaigners said requirements to cut livestock grazing on the moor's commons, under new contracts from the government's conservation agency, could lead to the removal - and likely cull - of up to 90% hill ponies.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 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
Ser Jaime tossed a kiss to some woman in the commons, gently lowered his visor, and rode to the end of the lists.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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