not a living soul
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And when you see all the lights off, and you’re the only car, not a living soul within sight — that’ll give you pause to head back to the house.
From Washington Post
There's not a living soul on the planet that believes Trump gives a single hoot about bridging divisions, and anyway Trump spent the hours beforehand on Twitter making petty remarks about Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and demonizing immigrants as criminals.
From Salon
“If there’s one thing I’m proud of in this country, it’s that there is not a living soul more honest than me,” Mr. da Silva said recently.
From New York Times
There is not a living soul anywhere who is not alert to the real reasons for poverty and the complete waste of human resources everywhere in the world.
From New York Times
I read avidly until the narrative reached Lowestoft, on page 41, where "not a living soul was about in the long streets I went through, and the closer I came to the town centre the more what I saw disheartened me" at which point it was no longer possible to suppress the joy of recognition, and I laughed.
From The Guardian
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