masses

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Gladiatorial combat in the arena was, in the satirist Juvenal’s phrase, “bread and circuses” for the Roman masses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In Dubai, the emirate's two Catholic churches said ahead of Easter weekend that masses would be cancelled until further notice, citing safety concerns.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

It said it would introduce new rules to tackle fraud and a lack of transparency in funeral pricing to "reduce the burden of funerals on the masses".

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

West didn’t just embody feminist fat acceptance; she made it cool and brought it to the masses.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Slant, hands red and wet with sores, stood shirtless in the pond, great masses of insects swarming about him.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson