manpower

Example Sentences

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Instead, four years on, Ukraine continues to hold its own against Russian troops across the east of the country, at an ever-increasing cost of manpower and resources for Moscow.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Ukraine, too, is struggling to raise enough manpower.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

"It is alarming that militants, with coordinated manpower and strategic acumen, have now reached the provincial capital," he added.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Heavy industrial traffic tore up rural roads that were never built for that kind of weight, and the counties hit the hardest didn’t have the money or manpower to keep up with the damage.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2025

“Our much-needed manpower, in order to take Erudite headquarters, and an equal place in government, with us.”

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth