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person

[pur-suhn] / ˈpɜr sən /


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TO A PERSON, the younger dancers say they fell for hustle suddenly, in the wild — a nightclub, a party, a park — and thought some version of: “Whoa. What is that? I want it.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2023

Looking at it carefully, she decided it had to be some kind of PERSON.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

Even though he looks like a bodybuilder, his tank top reads, I’M A CAT PERSON.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Thou art our sovereign still, in spite of hate; Our zeal is to thy PERSON, not thy STATE.

From Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 by Mackay, Charles

Nor I. Have you not got an onion? 2ND PERSON.

From Boris Godunov: a drama in verse by Hayes, Alfred




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