everybody
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Burrows’ talent was to midwife a real relationship between the viewer and the viewed, “You want to go where everybody knows your name,” runs the “Cheers” theme, and where you know everyone’s name.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026
The absence of young people could also change the social media experience for everybody else.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026
One achievement that nobody can take away from his legacy, however, is his hand in creating one of the most welcoming spaces in TV history: the Boston bar where everybody knows your name.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2026
But everybody inside Pixar knew it could have been anybody.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026
“My whole life, everybody thought they knew what was best for me. My whole life, everybody has told me what to do and when to do it.”
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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