person
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When Lane Kiffin dials a number, the person on the other end usually answers and takes the call.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Brooklyn said she remembered her mum as a "kind and caring person" who would go "above and beyond for anybody"
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
A person close to the Sussexes said the notion that they would set up a rival court was “utterly ridiculous.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The finding suggests that researchers studying connections between the microbiome and disease may need to look beyond the medications a person is currently taking.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
The woman I am sitting with—the girl who is only a few years older than I am—is a different person than the woman who supervises me every day.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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"We conduct land and air operation from helicopters. There haven't been any reports on missing persons, but we are still scouring the area just to be sure."
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Flock Safety claims over 5,000 law enforcement agencies use its license plate readers to help locate missing persons, catch thieves and identify suspicious vehicles.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
And, whatever it concludes, the Virginia investigation is a reminder that, as the court observed in the Walker case, all of us have a duty to secure “justice for all persons, whether living or deceased.”
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
The amendment reads in part, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
“How many persons are there in one God?” he continued.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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