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[man] / mæn /


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BBC presenter Ralph McLean said Kelly was "a natural broadcaster, great family man and always a gentleman".

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Texts from a man her friend was seeing had been unwieldy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

He said it made him a more empathetic manager and a more confident man.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is a busy man.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2026

The man dressed in black sits high on his horse.

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

Some 148 of the alleged victims were men.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Three men were arrested on Saturday in Gironde -- where a wildfire has already scorched 32,000 hectares -- on suspicion of endangering lives, prosecutors said.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

The families of all four men released their tributes together through police.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Among the victims were 280 men, 26 women and four girls.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

The men went happily on their way, relieved that nothing had happened when they had expected the worst.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

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 Seattle Times Feb. 12, 2023

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

The boy took the old mans head in his arms.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

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

The military plans to buy about 1,000 new “collaborative combat aircraft,” aiming for a cost of one-third of a manned fighter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

The B-52 Stratofortress is described by the military as a “long-range, heavy bomber that can perform a variety of missions,” known as the “backbone of the manned strategic bomber force for the United States.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

The unit looks after "the operational deployment of unmanned systems teamed with manned operators to bolster maritime security across the Middle East region".

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

At Rockfish Gap there is a tollbooth manned by rangers where motorists have to pay an entrance fee and thru-hikers have to acquire a backcountry hiking permit.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Gabelli said that over time, he developed an interest in investing and that he had worked ”every job” at the firm — including “trading, sales, marketing and manning the phones.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Austin Police Department Corporal Patrick Oborski was manning a busy downtown intersection in Texas when he saw one of Waymo’s robotaxis zoom ahead of traffic—on the wrong side of the road.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 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

BBC Music correspondent Mark Savage said security guards manning the main stage were helping to give out water to the crowds in the heat.

From BBC May 24, 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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