familiar
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Scotland has become familiar with high profile political figures appearing in our criminal courts.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
"Its stubby little arms with only one row of suckers set it apart from most octopus we are familiar with," Voight said.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
“Love Island” isn’t cheap to make, costing more than $40 million per season due to the number of episodes and exotic locales, but it is profitable, people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Angular momentum is familiar in everyday life through spinning objects like bicycle wheels or merry-go-rounds, but at the atomic scale it is deeply connected to magnetism.
From Science Daily • May 24, 2026
The people in the room that night recognized the familiar face of Benjamin Franklin, who had helped found the United States eighty years before.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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