he-man
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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
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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