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he-man

[hee-man] / ˈhiˌmæn /




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Billy lives in a world where Superman and Batman fend off threats to humanity’s very existence, but in non-mythic Philadelphia, there’s not much for a newly empowered he-man to do.

From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2019

Starting in the ’80s, his hard-core music, confrontational spoken-word pieces, and he-man persona consciously used virility to attack itself — something that Idles now does just as avidly.

From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2019

Expect a meat-heavy menu and he-man portions at the main restaurant, and a full-service spa that even offers canine massage.

From Time ● Sep. 25, 2017

The company has not changed the look of their he-man mascot in 60 years and is now mulling audition reels from Mr. Clean hopefuls who can “revitalize its brand”.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2016

The fund-raising campaign for the he-man cyclotron kicked off on January 7, 1940, when Warren Weaver arrived in Berkeley to visit with Lawrence and Sproul.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Sure, I had rolled my bespectacled eyes at the he-men flexing on my Instagram feed just the other day, but things were totally different now that I was a paragon of masculinity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

How a pair of ageing he-men who effectively retired 16 years ago ended up back in cold war costume is a story that begins with Iraq and Afghanistan.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2019

And so, once again, rugged he-men with sensational skills, character arcs and Michelangelo musculature set off on a mission deemed impossible.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2019

There are GOP he-men and big thinkers aplenty at the three-day event.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 19, 2015

Cow-punchers are "he-men," and little things like loss of sleep and delay in getting breakfast do not bother them.

From The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery by Willard F. Baker




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