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every man

NOUN
all hands
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The irony, as the region stumbled into the ’80s, is that between its wealth and carefully cultivated isolation, Marin came to exemplify the ethos of conformist America: every man for himself.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Osmand broke away to score seconds before the end, two team-mates running in his slipstream with every man in maroon up the other end.

From BBC May 16, 2026

Not every man has the rhetorical gifts of Abraham Lincoln, but every one of us can avoid going straight to our political soapboxes and thereby diminishing the human tragedy before us.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

"It is not every man who sees you that will express his love," said the soft-spoken college graduate, adding online is "the best way to find true love".

From Barron's Feb. 13, 2026

I knew every man must compliment her, bury her in flattery more cloying than roses.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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