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belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank his patrician parents were very slow to accept his lowborn wife
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Recent Examples of lowborn Peter Claffey stars in the HBO drama as the lowborn Ser Duncan the Tall, who gains a squire in a Targaryen prince. —
Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2025 Ser Luthor Largent is introduced as a lowborn knight and office on the City Watch. —Nick Romano, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2025 Often described as the lowborn son of a blacksmith, he was born around 1485 in Putney, a village west of the City of London. —Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025 Nor was there a payoff to the mounting tensions in capital city King’s Landing, where Rhaenyra’s lowborn advisor Mysaria (Sonoya Mizuno) has been sowing the seeds of rebellion among the common people. —Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024 Question 1 Who are Jon Snow's parents? A. Ned Stark and Catelyn Stark B. Ned Stark and a lowborn woman C. Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen D. Lyanna Stark and Robert Baratheon Correct! —Megan McCluskey, Time, 27 June 2017
Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2025 Ser Luthor Largent is introduced as a lowborn knight and office on the City Watch. —Nick Romano, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2025 Often described as the lowborn son of a blacksmith, he was born around 1485 in Putney, a village west of the City of London. —Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025 Nor was there a payoff to the mounting tensions in capital city King’s Landing, where Rhaenyra’s lowborn advisor Mysaria (Sonoya Mizuno) has been sowing the seeds of rebellion among the common people. —Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024 Question 1 Who are Jon Snow's parents? A. Ned Stark and Catelyn Stark B. Ned Stark and a lowborn woman C. Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen D. Lyanna Stark and Robert Baratheon Correct! —Megan McCluskey, Time, 27 June 2017
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But just who is getting hurt from charging low prices?— Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
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Isaacman is well suited for leading the space agency during the rise of the commercial space industry, with its large potential profits and much lower launch costs because of reusable rockets.— Thomas Black, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
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This one is about a regular old guy, a hedge knight in the plebeian population of Westeros, just trying to get by in a world that isn't kind to the common and poor.— Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 13 Jan. 2026
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Below that sits the pedestrian CLK 500 and plebeian CLK 350.— Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2025
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The president can be assured that his low-life actions will eliminate him as a candidate to get to Heaven.— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
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Inside, everything was magically transformed into a 1930s Parisian low-life dive.— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2026
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Stribing was equal parts humble, low key and polite — not at all in keeping with the image of a diva wide receiver.— Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
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Purple, pink, and red are more exciting, but a humble green offers an escape from what sometimes seems like excitement that never ends.— Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
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But her flame was dimmed for far too long by one ignoble record: having the longest streak in Daytime Emmys history of nominations without a win.— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Feb. 2026
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Here, however, Makowsky examines a purely ignoble figure who feels entitled without accomplishing a thing.— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
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But West Virginia is a proletarian locale that until not long ago was a Democratic stronghold.— Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
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These ranged from the aristocratic elite who dominated the military and bureaucracy and yearned for a return to monarchy, to communists who sought proletarian rule, to the National Socialists who wanted to establish a right-wing dictatorship.— Time, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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The Phillies are 8-15, one game ahead of the lowly Mets.— Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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The play-in tournament, in all of its misguided glory, is a quintessential, empty-the-tank moment for the lowly teams that are subjected to play in it.— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
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The high-flying version of the Avs has yet to arrive in this series, but the defensively-sound edition backed by strong goaltending continues to be enough against an inferior Kings club.— Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
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In these three scenarios, then, the money market account is inferior in two of them, while the returns will be identical for the shorter, 3-month option.— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
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