Is that a British thing? Nobody in North America uses "everyone are"
https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/eb/qa/Everybody-Has-or...
> The words everybody and everyone are pronouns that describe a group of people, but grammatically they are singular. The last part of each word is a singular noun: body and one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopædia_Britannica
> Though published in the United States since 1901, the Britannica has for the most part maintained British English spelling.
It's not.
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https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/eb/qa/Everybody-Has-or...
> The words everybody and everyone are pronouns that describe a group of people, but grammatically they are singular. The last part of each word is a singular noun: body and one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopædia_Britannica
> Though published in the United States since 1901, the Britannica has for the most part maintained British English spelling.