someone

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They sent someone back to look at it, and he insisted that everything was fine.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

She said AeroWomen is getting the next generation "thinking 'I want to do this' and then seeing someone that does it, and then knowing that that's a thing that you possibly can do".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

She likewise said the next chief should be a woman, "but not any woman", saying she was someone unafraid of "risking that what I try doesn't work".

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Xi needed someone he trusted absolutely to run the purge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

A few people were picking through garbage cans, and someone was sleeping on a bench, curled up tight, and there was an enthusiastic game of basketball echoing over from the newly refinished court.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith