ordinary
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Solomon says the meeting wasn’t anything out of the ordinary: “That group has gone over to the Treasury to talk about cybersecurity risks over a number of years,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
"I don't know if there were jihadists at the market. We are just ordinary people," Mala Garba, 42, told AFP from a hospital in Borno state capital Maiduguri while recovering from bullet wounds.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
The hallmark of the “Khongian” multiverse, according to her agent, Marya Spence, are the boundless souls contained within her characters’ ordinary bodies.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Meanwhile, most ordinary Americans struggle to cope with medical costs that are the highest in the world.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
He was an ordinary boy without a family.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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