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ordinary Joe



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A bright idea - the image getting across is that William is just an ordinary Joe.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

From within the bounds of a narrow, glass-walled enclosure, Evan Gershkovich appeared to the world as he was: an ordinary Joe, clean-cut, friendly even in the face of hostility.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2023

No ordinary Joe: Joe Burrow is putting up absurd numbers for Cincinnati.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2022

Junior was no ordinary Joe, but nor was he that special.

From The Guardian • Dec. 19, 2016

Nobody aside from Ayn Rand has put this into the plain words that the ordinary Joe can understand.”

From BusinessWeek • Aug. 2, 2012




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