someone
Americanpronoun
pronoun
Etymology
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"Even when safeguards are in place, it has been proven relatively easy to bypass these if someone is insistent enough on doing so," she said.
From BBC
Oddly, for someone trying to escape ghosts, the new house backed up to one of the oldest cemeteries in Rochester.
From Literature
It’s the first time I’ve heard someone deliver that line and truly believed they meant it.
From Los Angeles Times
She said nobody wants to be that person who has the "life sentence" of having to live with the regret and knowing they have ruined someone's and their family's life.
From BBC
A third undated snap shows the former US president reclining in a hot tub beside someone whose face is blacked out to protect their identity.
From BBC
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