There is a tendency to use there is for plural nouns, mainly because the verb comes before the noun. Sometimes the verb comes way after the noun that we don't have time to think about whether the noun ahead of us is singular or plural. For example, "there's a lot of white cars parked outside." Therefore, many speakers tend to use the singular form. Never do the opposite. Do not use there are with singular and uncountable nouns.
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