person
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Ask the average person what homelessness looks like in America, and the answer invariably involves urban encampments—people with severe mental disabilities or serious addictions living in tents and squalor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Stevie Wonder remains the youngest person ever admitted, at age 32 in 1983.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
In Reading one person died with the illness and a further three cases were confirmed in students.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
“It’s helped me be a better person off the court,” Klugo said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Only once did the changes taking place in Germany reach inside the little shop on the Barteljorisstraat, and that was in the person of a young German watchmaker.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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