How to Use in common with in a Sentence

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  • The Dodgers of today have something in common with those Dodgers of the past, Roberts said.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
  • What did Brown’s paintings have in common with this stuff?
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
  • So what do those races have in common with Sunday’s thriller?
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2023
  • First, the Iowa Capitol has little in common with the Temple in Jerusalem.
    Matthew Malec, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Quick, what do horror movies have in common with the monologues of late-night talk-show hosts?
    A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Acting isn’t the only thing Goldie and Kurt have in common with Kate and her siblings.
    Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Dear Abby: There is a man I may be attracted to and have a lot in common with.
    Annika Kaijo, Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Ryan seems to have little in common with the über-famous child stars of linear TV.
    Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The fluency of Hitchens’s prose does have something in common with his speech.
    Christian Lorentzen, Harper's Magazine, 1 July 2022
  • In that respect, Rush shares something in common with his clients.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 21 June 2023
  • He has been retired for more than six years and does not have much in common with his old co-workers.
    Annie Lane, Anchorage Daily News, 1 May 2023
  • He has been retired for more than six years and does not have much in common with his old co-workers.
    Annie Lane, Anchorage Daily News, 1 May 2023
  • What does the new Ineos Grenadier off-roader have in common with a Tesla?
    Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Those are fish that lake has in common with our own Clear Lake (No. 8, great for summer frolic).
    Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Many people who are caught up in an endless wait seem to have a few things in common with Mortimer.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Something else the Giants have in common with the Rockies: the only two teams yet to win three games in a row this season.
    Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
  • All this has much in common with a burning issue that surfaced in the early 1950s.
    Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The other thing the 32-year-old has in common with fellow keyboard jockeys?
    Jamie Waters, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2022
  • In truth, China does not have a whole lot in common with many global South countries.
    Happymon Jacob, Foreign Affairs, 25 Dec. 2023
  • People hire people who look like them or people who have a lot in common with them.
    Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, 6 June 2023
  • Johnson and Truss appeared to have little in common with Macron.
    Rick Noack, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Another thing Travis has in common with his father is his love of the horror genre.
    Taiwo Balogun, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Vance also had something in common with Trump in that the two men have never been part of the GOP insiders’ club.
    Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2024
  • Sportswriters and fans had one thing in common with Green’s players: None of us could predict what was coming next.
    Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Boros says these kinds of studies can show what humans have in common with animals and what sets us apart.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The landmine row has a lot in common with the barbell row, except the angle of your pull is slightly different.
    David Otey, Men's Health, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Alabama may not appear to have all that much in common with Princeton.
    Laine Higgins, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2023
  • However, the lake cases appear to have more in common with more recent crimes.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • And having worked with Danny on the movies, Danny and I have so much in common with music and art and architecture.
    Todd Plummer, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2023
  • These new-school omakase restaurants have two big things in common with many of their forebears: high prices and limited seating.
    Brett Anderson, New York Times, 21 May 2024

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