person
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An adjustment that helps one person might increase stress on another person's knee.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
"Five years ago, an idea was born to hold a garage sale of sorts, and to let people just come in and purchase these items" in person, he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
“There’s nothing right now I’m going to hang my hat on outside of, I just believe in the person and the talent,” Roberts said in a conference call Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
The police accepted her complaint, she says, but refused her request to include human trafficking charges, claiming a human trafficking case could only be registered if a person had been sold abroad.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
I am sad I will not be there to see it in person, but I shall always be with you in spirit.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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In a report earlier this year, a parliamentary committee noted competing opinions on the issue but recommended Canada "indefinitely exclude persons whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness" from assisted dying.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The proposed deal, he said, would also limit the use of plate readers to criminal investigations, missing persons cases and other “serious public safety matters.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
It added that measures restricting the bank's activities in the lending business, and in relation to entering into new business relationships with politically exposed persons from high-risk countries, had been lifted or relaxed.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Police say the information provides unprecedented ability to identify suspects, pinpoint stolen vehicles and locate missing persons.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
“I understand you have been working today with police artists on composite drawings of the persons you saw with the missing boy on Sunday.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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