person
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“My Grandmother made me the person I am,” Dean said, introducing the song.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Labruzzo, alongside one other person, was convicted in the US, the NCA added.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
AI has the ability to accelerate analysis and speed up work — but paradoxically, it’s lengthened the process of finding the right person for an open role in many cases.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Walt Whitman, who wrote this entire country into being in the first person, and signed his love letters to another man with a kiss.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
“Nothing you do will make him be the person you want him to be, and you don’t have to be anyone you don’t want to be.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
The opening words of the 14th Amendment of 1868 say: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Grand jurys are composed of members of the public and convened by the US government to examine evidence and decide if there is enough to charge a person or persons with a crime.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
He said seven formal missing persons reports had been filed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
Rather, conveyed the Daily News, he was simply “high on their priority list of persons they wish to interrogate.”
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
At the first checkpoint, each indent was given a thorough scan with a brand-new Metadetector to make sure they weren’t hiding any electronic devices on or in their persons.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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