ordinary people
Example Sentences
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He argues Peru's wealth originating from its natural resources doesn't reach ordinary people or the often rural communities where a lot of mining takes place.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
“And it gives me so much inspiration to be a part of it, a movement powered not by cynicism or political insiders, but by ordinary people who still believe Los Angeles is worth fighting for.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
“This is one of the places in life where we allow ourselves to be known, and people got to know us as we are—as the very ordinary people that we are.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
Its inscrutability to ordinary people is part of what robs the document of whatever power it may have had at a third the length.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
It was humbling to see how the suggestions of ordinary people were often far ahead of the leaders’.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
