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Jonathan can be telling you a funny story about something that happened in the 1970s, but when they call “Action,” he suddenly drops himself into the place of a man who’s slowly losing his mind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The reports include officers of all genders, but many cases involve a uniformed man stalking a civilian woman — or the people close to her.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
The elderly man has since been identified as Yeo Song Khoon, who owns Bei-Ing Wanton Noodle, a stall at the food court.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Floyd struggles with the idea that he is a good man, but, biologically, no one finds him attractive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The man who runs the dry cleaner next to the salon stands in stark opposition.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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I know plenty of men who are taking these drugs.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The show, which was the first scripted television series centered on Black gay men, started in 2005 and ran for two seasons on Logo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Medical professionals need to know how people are using the jabs and managing any side effects and "men are generally less likely to seek medical advice, or leave it longer".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Hal Jordan and John Stewart are both military men.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Winter weather forced the men to find a safe harbor for five months, during which time there was an attempted mutiny.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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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
The Lebanese army mans a checkpoint outside and typically does not enter the camp, which is under the control of the Palestinian factions.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 31, 2023
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
My man, Moultrie, catch the mink, the coon, and the otter those years and sell the hide to any mans what got a nickel to his pocket.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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Four of these so-called Collaborative Combat Aircraft will accompany a manned fighter to massively increase firepower but at just 20% of the cost of a piloted aircraft.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
He received his first national team action last June, coincidentally against Turkey, but it was still widely assumed the starting gig belonged to Matt Turner, who manned the post in Qatar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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
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"We look at all the evidence, how busy the airport was, what was the manning in the tower at the time," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
LISBON—The agent manning the passport control line warned me not to be fooled by the mercifully short line that greeted me upon arrival at Portugal’s Lisbon International Airport on the last Friday in July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Doncic is manning the Lakers’ elevator now; it’s his job to lift his teammates to new heights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Gabelli said that over time, he developed an interest in investing and that he had worked ”every job” at the firm — including “trading, sales, marketing and manning the phones.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Sixteen-year-olds always drive with their high beams on, to make up for their insecurity and lack of experience manning a seven-ton death toaster.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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