folks

Example Sentences

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"Certainly in my country folks at the moment have a lot less money to go overseas. For the last three-four years they've tended to take more holidays at home," he says.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Pickering: The unsettling piece for the folks in the industry is that we may have high enough prices that they make a lot of money, but they could have a real demand problem.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

“It is the first instance that folks can point to showing that collectively we don’t have to organize our healthcare system this way.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

“That’s really why you want to have these folks in proximity to a state-of-the-art hospital, where they could potentially get put on ECMO.”

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

“Or maybe abolish is the word. I hear talk of folks wanting to abolish slavery,” I said hesitantly.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan