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someone

[suhm-wuhn, -wuhn] / ˈsʌmˌwʌn, -wən /


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Even if someone does become ill, it takes time for Ebola to progress from “dry” symptoms to highly contagious “wet” symptoms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Bonus tip: You can build credit by becoming an authorized user on someone else’s card.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

You can see somebody torn between their better judgment, their core instinct, their humanity, and someone who is so frustrated that they’re stepping toward a kind of nihilism.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Breaking down in tears in court, Umar Ben Yusaf recalled asking someone close by to help, who carried an unconscious child out of the passenger seat and put them down on the grass verge.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

And now, apparently, there was someone to witness it.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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