vox populi
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The House of Commons could always find reasons to veto vox populi.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2019
And although Hal Steinbrenner doesn’t listen to sports radio and devour the tabloids, he’s kept abreast of the vox populi by nephew Stephen Swindal Jr., assistant director of player development.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 7, 2019
But it neither began nor ended with him; the saying vox populi, vox Dei is well over a thousand years old.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2018
University officials reacted in time-honored fashion: They heaped abuse on the reporter and the paper, accusing them of vox populi scandal-mongering.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2017
While I am fascinated by the linguistic exuberance of the vox populi, I’d be the first to argue that having prescriptive rules is desirable, indeed indispensable, in many arenas of writing.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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