bloke
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One MP calls him a "good bloke", adding that "sound would be the Manchester word".
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
"I went back to my group and said 'there's a bloke in there who looks like Quentin Tarantino'," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
A bloke who wasn't even a parliamentary candidate at the last general election and wasn't even an MP this time last week, could be prime minister by this time next month.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Yet to hear Styles tell it, this former member of the mega-successful British boy band One Direction has been trying since then to live like a regular bloke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026
“If it was even half decent, this bloke would’ve got away now, wouldn’t he?”
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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“Wonderwall” “has a history of bringing blokes together,” says Robert Condie, a Manchester-based fan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
With thrilling stories about ordinary blokes willing some of history’s most beloved music into being, the tapestry of The Beatles is rife with drama and wonder.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2026
"It was a wonderful opportunity for two relatively ordinary blokes to be in extraordinary circumstances, being a conduit of other people's stories from around the world," he adds.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
For the early punks, many of them white British blokes, their music was about declaring themselves outside the larger society.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2024
Back at the Vacant Taxis lot, I see Audrey kissing one of the new blokes who works there.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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