hombre
Example Sentences
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He even wrote back to the crook: “I told the guy, ‘You just messed with the wrong hombre.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
"We have good medical staff then we will see where he is at in the next couple of days. Isaah is a tough hombre."
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025
President Trump has appeared in a few, inevitably cast as a bad hombre — and not in a cool way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2020
“When I was inside the White House, I took the files and put them in my office and said, ‘Whoever wants this guy, this guy is a pretty valuable hombre.’
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2020
I don't say anything and Freak is looking at me like he's never seen me before and then Iggy says, "Killer Kane. What a tough hombre he was."
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
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