woman in the street

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"The man and woman in the street cannot relate to gallium and germanium," says Dr Harper.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2023

“The average man and woman in the street probably doesn’t care a lot about it,” said Charles Bullock, a political science professor at the University of Georgia.

From Slate • May 23, 2022

"The smallest things upset me. The other day I jumped when a woman in the street hiccupped as she walked past me."

From Fox News • Dec. 5, 2019

“It was the need of the nation, the need of the average man and woman in the street, the businessman, the mother, the fireman, the teacher — everyone wanted respect,” she wrote in her autobiography.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2018

The sense of mortification she had felt at the sight of that woman in the street with Van, coupled with the sheer audacity of his conduct towards herself that morning, had already sufficiently shamed her.

From The Furnace of Gold by Marchand, J. N.