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nobody

[noh-bod-ee, -buhd-ee, -buh-dee] / ˈnoʊˌbɒd i, -ˌbʌd i, -bə di /


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The casualties keep piling up, and nobody outside the walls of the hospital seems to care.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Ms. Eubanks was compelled to assume the role of rescuer, both because she loved him and because there was nobody else to fill the position.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

A chip nobody else would want secures nothing, because a lender who seizes it has nothing to sell.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

They may know precisely what I ordered at 9:43 p.m. on a Wednesday six months ago, but there is nobody on the other side for me to know in return.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

Unseen, unheralded; and he might die yet, and nobody would know: but even if no witnesses ever told it, it was still true.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

You can think, within two seconds, of stories of nobodies who became somebodies.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

"We are very proud of this! We are nobodies, we have no money, nothing!"

From BBC Jun. 24, 2025

A small group of nobodies on TikTok saying dumb shit is not a viral trend that necessitates mass hysteria in response.

From Slate Nov. 16, 2023

For the second year in a row, there’s no Power Five nonconference opponent, just two relative nobodies plus a FCS gimme in North Carolina Central.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2023

But when you make your eyes into slits, everything gets blurry, so everybody on that bus became blurry nobodies.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan




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