somebody
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“The first thing I look for when I see somebody hired for a big beat … have they covered preps?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
"I'll move on and fight somebody else but just know you never had the guts to fight Tyson Fury, ever, you little coward," Fury added.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
So the goal isn’t always to maximally dunk on somebody.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
It’s not often that somebody gets their real-estate license and becomes a Super Bowl champion within a year, but that’s exactly what Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Montorie Foster Jr. did.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
It’s like the entire world is forgetting that sharing DNA with somebody doesn’t make me the same as them.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Is there somebody or somebodies that you’ve thought about for a while and said, “Well, that would fit, that could work”?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
"If the produce that I've been growing is contaminated in some way, hows it going to affect somebodies health. How is it going to affect my health?," she said.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
You can think, within two seconds, of stories of nobodies who became somebodies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Any political cartoon is bound to offend somebody — or quite a few somebodies — on a regular basis.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
But even your children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren are not all the somebodies who are vitally concerned with your answer.
From The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book by William F. (William Frederick) Bigelow