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Gadi Eisenkot, the man who could unseat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, almost always dresses in plain black, speaks halting English and, reflecting the military culture that shapes him, responds in interviews in bullet-point lists.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

In plain English, insurers started lending to funds that themselves lend to midsize companies.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

The Palestinians had approached the settlers with their hands behind their backs to make plain they posed no threat.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

The first time the Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited Nottingham together in 2017 they were plain old Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

“Jessica named Tom,” she said in the same plain way she said everything else.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

Originating from the Americas, peppers found their way to Hungary's sun-drenched, fertile river plains around Kalocsa and Szeged in the 16th century.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

News of the home invasion spread rapidly across the rolling plains of southwestern Oklahoma.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Water can take about a day to reach the Bihar plains from the Nepal mountain front along the Kosi and Gandak, and somewhat longer along the Ghaghara.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

The southern surface is dominated by tall mountains and heavily cratered terrain, while the northern hemisphere consists largely of broad, low-lying plains.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

The story droned on, speeded up for the attack, grew sad over the wounds, struck a dirge at the burials on the great plains.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

“I believe a plainer worry sits beneath the briefs and the news releases ... The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of Warner’s CNN,” Ellison wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

He is also often being asked how to zhuzh up plainer fare or find satiety with smaller portions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

A plainer recent example of pure Lynchian quirk is tough to come by.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2025

The bill was set to introduce plainer packaging and bring in powers to stop refillable vapes being sold in flavours marketed at children.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2024

The simplest way of making strange facts plainer was to replicate them.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

In “Love and Summer,” William Trevor’s novel of doomed romance and quiet resignation, even the plainest sentence conveys roiling emotion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

Mr Duck KC said: "It was the plainest of intrusions and the fear it caused was inevitable."

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025

In plainest English: If the people with the heaviest vehicles made do with slightly less, the impact to the safety of their lives would be literally zero, and thousands fewer people would die.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025

I had picked up a book about adventurous greens, only to fall for the plainest one.

From Salon ● May 26, 2025

I fiddle with the curly mass of my bangs and slouch down, feeling like the plainest girl ever next to the fashion plate that is Katherine Deveraux.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland