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man

[man] / mæn /


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In his 2012 autobiography "An American Son," the man oft-memed as the "viceroy" of Cuba, recounts boasting to his exiled Cuban grandfather that he would one day overthrow Fidel Castro and free Cuba.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

At last, the man broke through with an extraordinary question: “Can you not accept a blessing when it’s offered to you?”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Ghana mourns its tallest man - a 'generous and popular giant'

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Kaye noted that the man had been a good mentor to younger residents at his treatment facility.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

All along, the sandy-haired man has been signaling he wants a duel—him versus Caesar—but not a fair duel.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Navy and Coast Guard divers, led by the POW agency, tried to make their way into the Oryoku Maru’s forward cargo hold, where 600 enlisted men were kept.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Two more of the five women who allege they received similar phone calls from Leto say they were also called by other men around the same time.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

The BBC also spoke to men who who worked closely with Leto’s band, Thirty Seconds to Mars.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

His FDA is promoting testosterone therapy for men while cozying up to men’s health influencers such as Joe Rogan and Andrew Huberman.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2026

“Oh Lord,” I whispered, “listen to Betsie, not me, because I cannot pray for those men at all.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Some of the employees still work there, including Jorge Cuervo, the production supervisor, and Fabian Diaz, who mans the forklift.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 12, 2026

“I travel through at least eight to 10 towns to reach Mogadishu. But we don’t count the towns, we count the checkpoints and who mans them,” Mr Diriye says.

From BBC Oct. 20, 2024

In the ad, Affleck mans the drive-through booth at a Dunkin’ Donuts in Medford, Massachusetts, with a Boston accent and shocks customers.

From Seattle Times Feb. 12, 2023

Both CBP’s Office of Field Operations, which mans the official border crossings, and the Border Patrol, which covers the areas between the ports, saw record numbers in June.

From Washington Times Aug. 15, 2022

Hardy, trim, and darker toned than his wife, in disposition still the affable bartender, Jim Link mans the beer cooler at holiday parties at the Medlock Bridge clubhouse.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

These weapons allow the US to conduct precision strikes against hardened military targets, such as command bunkers or fortified military facilities, without putting manned aircraft in harm's way.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

While firefighters manned the hoses, climbers like Ivan Khmelnytsky dangled from ropes and cut the holes in the roof to put the solution on the hot spots.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Air Force as the “backbone of the manned strategic bomber force for the United States,” the B-52 Stratofortress has been a vital aircraft for the country’s armed conflicts.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

The B-52 Stratofortress is described by the military as a “long-range, heavy bomber that can perform a variety of missions,” known as the “backbone of the manned strategic bomber force for the United States.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

Those space pilgrims, an initial group of forty-five people, gave the country’s first manned space program an operating plan and a name: Project Mercury.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Don spent three months in the Bahamas manning underwater cameras for the 1954 Disney film “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

Waking up early, pricing items, setting up tables and manning the cash register — all of this is, as you say, labor.

From MarketWatch May 28, 2026

BBC Music correspondent Mark Savage said security guards manning the main stage were helping to give out water to the crowds in the heat.

From BBC May 24, 2026

As well as manning checkpoints, pro-government supporters form street patrols at night.

From Barron's Apr. 1, 2026

My hands are rough and calloused from manning the tiller.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman




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