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The edge is well-manned with Bralen Trice and Zion Tupuola-Fetui; linebacker Edefuan Ulofoshio is a pro prospect; and cornerback Jabbar Muhammad from Oklahoma State should help solidify what was a troublesome secondary last year.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2023

Gilbert T Small II, the director of Gibney Company, describes the group as a well-manned ship: “Gina and I are the lead navigators, but everyone is steering.”

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2023

Against a well-manned Watford midfield, Arsenal should also redeploy the central pairing of Francis Coquelin and Mohamed Elneny following their sturdy performance at Tottenham.

From The Guardian • Mar. 11, 2016

When Petruchio’s antic charm offensive meets Kate’s well-manned defenses, the combustion makes for a lively scene of cutting gibes and scornful retorts that is taken at a galloping clip.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2012

In the gulf, close before Venice, his well-manned galleys were cruizing up and down, like hungry beasts of prey running backwards and forwards, watching how best to grasp their quarry.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm