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[man] / mæn /


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In May 2023, shortly before the first baby was due, the woman called the police alleging she had been assaulted by the man.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

“This was an inexcusable mistake and I take full responsibility. What I did does not reflect my values or the man I strive to be for my family.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

This week Quentin Fottrell — the Moneyist — answered questions from a 67-year-old man who has managed his finances well but needs to continue working to avoid a monthly shortfall.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Think of it as a cocktail mix of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” and “Drunk History” for Etsy spellcasters, starring the lovechild of Patsy Stone and Bauhaus front man Peter Murphy.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

A few minutes later, a man appears on the front porch and makes his way toward us.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

How likely is it that these men had read John Locke’s writing on church-state issues?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

At a nearby tavern, a group of men have pulled their chairs into a circle in the dust.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

His “Cucumber,” about middle-age gay men, and “Banana,” about young LGBTQ+ people, are also set in Manchester, where Davies has lived since the late 1980s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

While I am not agreeing with Mr. Lederman’s essay, I would imagine that Cornell students who have any views about potential differences between men and women will hesitate before stating them publicly at this point.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Two men, one Black, one white, offering respect.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Some of the employees still work there, including Jorge Cuervo, the production supervisor, and Fabian Diaz, who mans the forklift.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

“I travel through at least eight to 10 towns to reach Mogadishu. But we don’t count the towns, we count the checkpoints and who mans them,” Mr Diriye says.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2024

In the ad, Affleck mans the drive-through booth at a Dunkin’ Donuts in Medford, Massachusetts with a Boston accent and shocks customers.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 12, 2023

While Sami’s off-screen lover may be Jewish, the only non-Arab character with a speaking part is a soldier who mans the roadblock’s checkpoint.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 2023

“That’s the conclusion of the testing,” he informed her—or rather it—and Eldon Rosen, who regarded him with writhing worry; the elderly mans face contorted, shifted plastically with angry concern.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

The collection was donated by private collector John Dulcamara and includes a piece of the command module from the 1969 Apollo 11 - the first manned mission to land on the moon.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Europe has in recent years sought greater independence in space but has never sent a manned mission, instead relying on the rockets and capsules of Russia and the United States.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

These weapons allow the US to conduct precision strikes against hardened military targets, such as command bunkers or fortified military facilities, without putting manned aircraft in harm's way.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Across the nation, they’ve set up safe spaces in schools, specialized classrooms that feel more like living rooms and that are manned by professional counselors trained in domestic violence intervention.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

But they were all to sail, he said, that summer, or the first days of fall—hulls laden deep with treasure, manned by crews of heroes.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

Flipping hamburgers or manning a checkout counter impart soft skills that will be needed for any job, including following direction and showing up on time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

"We look at all the evidence, how busy the airport was, what was the manning in the tower at the time," he added.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

A single operator manning a computer-guided saw cuts 40-foot timbers into every length and angle required.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Waking up early, pricing items, setting up tables and manning the cash register — all of this is, as you say, labor.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

He had been manning an observation post 5.7 miles from the mountain, but he had a college placement interview on May 18 in California, and so had left the site the day before the eruption.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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