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macho

[mah-choh] / ˈmɑ tʃoʊ /


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Novelist Dame Jilly Cooper scolded the team behind Rivals and told them to stop making her "macho men" cry on screen, an executive producer on the show has said.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Inherently compelling but also a shade predictable, the genre promises a tantalizing glimpse at a terrifyingly macho world — one that most of us are fortunate not to know firsthand.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

As a youth, Rodríguez Castro spent much of his time at his grandfather’s house enthralled with the macho atmosphere of guns and bodybuilding prevalent in Raúl Castro’s security detail.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s recruiting has famously used aggressive, macho memes to attract the Francises of the world.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

This seemed gratifyingly macho, and I examined it with interest, as if it were a rare mineral.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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