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someone

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noun

  1. a human being

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Someone who really wanted to stop unsanctioned immigration would begin here, by busting the small contractors who employ these workers on a contingent basis.

Not bad for someone who failed to shine at school and feared he would end up in a coalyard.

I used to think the worst feeling was losing someone you love. But, I was wrong. The worst feeling is the moment you have lost yourself.

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somebody

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noun

  1. a human being

Examples

Instead, go to the departure area of the airport and pick up a taxi that has just dropped somebody.

Somebody comes forward, examines, and then draws from out the grave, where it has lain, directly under the body, a knife -- a knife of peculiar shape and workmanship -- a long, keen, _surgeon's knife_!

There is a moral crime of the highest order being committed, and somebody is morally responsible.

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