regular guy
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Once upon a time, a U.S. president asked his aides for one thing before his trip to Beijing: a chance to be seen as a regular guy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
It gets real again, quickly, when a regular guy comes shuffling down Temescal Canyon Road in a Dodgers hat, N95 mask and dusty surgical scrubs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025
I'm just a regular guy casting my vote like everybody else.
From BBC • Oct. 16, 2024
Burr’s regular guy contempt for Maher’s languid insistence that he knows more than everyone else makes other segments watchable.
From Salon • May 16, 2024
Then he added: “He’s just a regular guy, isn’t he?”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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