gent
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When it was time for an elder gent to step to the podium, the judge brightened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Hill was another gent from an age when drivers risked everything in cars for which safety features were a virtually non-existent consideration.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025
A well-educated cosmopolitan gent whose inherited family riches were expanded under his watch, a man who understood the economy and helped people manage their money, which was how he made money of his own.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2023
Hiking ancient Roman roads, we encountered a friendly gent.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
I leave the gent to his reading and start down the corridor in search of a seat.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday highlighted a separate partnership with the UFC to teach federal gents "amazing tactics so they can safeguard American lives."
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
“One of the gents has said on many occasions if he wasn’t in the group he wouldn’t be here now – the group has saved his life.”
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024
Ladies and gents, this is the moment you’ve waited for — “The Greatest Showman” is coming to the stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024
“My cliquish world consisted of ladies and gents from Manhattan’s exclusive private schools and preppies down from New England boarding schools who played bit-parts on weekends and holidays,” she wrote.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
"Come right through here, gents," he said while leading us toward the back of the apartment.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
