as in person
a member of the human race
we're all human beings, regardless of our differences
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Noun
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Davis police on Monday continued their search for the person or people who shot and wounded three people in the city’s Community Park on Saturday sending UC Davis Picnic Day revelers scrambling from the chaos.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
14 Apr. 2025 -
Every person in the USA, not just citizens, has a right to due process.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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Find the little trans child that is ruining your life.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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By Jenna Ryu To say the last few years of Olivia Munn’s life have been a rollercoaster doesn’t fully capture what she’s been through.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
10 Apr. 2025
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Mac Engel Fort Worth Star-Telegram 817-390-7760 Mac Engel is an award-winning columnist who has covered sports since the dawn of man; Cowboys, TCU, Stars, Rangers, Mavericks, etc. Olympics.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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Their names appeared on a list of more than 200 Venezuelan men held in the notorious prison, which is how their family found them.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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But the science between the little guys and the big guys is the same.—
Allure,
Allure,
14 Apr. 2025
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Yes, this is the guy who has won the FedEx Cup a record three times and reached No. 1 in the world on nine occasions.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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The fifth movement is his funeral: a witches’ sabbath replete with monsters and creatures, with an undead version of his beloved as their ringleader.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Apr. 2025
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In the game, players take on the role of planeswalkers, powerful spellcasters who summon creatures, cast spells and use artifacts to defeat their opponents.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2025
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After the couple’s patient died, the last thing that Teddy wanted to do was discuss the fact that Owen had slept with someone else.—
Charlie Mason,
TVLine,
10 Apr. 2025
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And also, thinking about thousands of others going through the same thing.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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In turn, this means that studying the effects of neuroplasticity has less to do with trying to identify whether the exact same neurons are being connected in different individuals, and more to do with looking for patterns that hint at some sort of underlying rules.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
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Creating a culture of fear by persecuting unpopular individuals and groups?—
Garry Kasparov,
The Atlantic,
17 Apr. 2025
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For the time being, Pritzker is letting his existing pension-reform proposal speak for itself.—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
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More than fifty years ago, any semi-sentient being could recognize the dangers of forcing minors to work gruelling hours performing emotions for the delectation of large and unseen audiences, long before their brains had finished developing.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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