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“We can’t hear a thing out there. We can’t see anything,” one man grumbled to the committee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
The sturdy catcher was the middle man in one of the most accomplished three-generation Major League Baseball families.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
Cooper, affectionately known as 'Our 'Enry', was 36 and defending his British, European and Commonwealth heavyweight titles against a man 15 years his junior.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
One man had wedged two bags into a single compartment, and his seat was several rows behind mine.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
“C’mon, man, I already ordered the party balloons for the day you leave,” he replies.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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UK police last month charged two British men with national security offenses related to the RAF Fairford incident.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
Videos showed men using phone torches to search for survivors beneath boulders, sand and collapsed tents.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
In Korea, Everett finished behind both men, claiming bronze in a race won by Lewis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
That study also found that the risk increases among men, people older than 50 years old and those with heart disease or other eye conditions.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
On the other hand, the superintendent and the assistant were town men.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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“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
“Who mans the cameras?” posted parent Kris Cabby in the Facebook group Parents Supporting Teachers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2023
While Sami’s off-screen lover may be Jewish, the only non-Arab character with a speaking part is a soldier who mans the roadblock’s checkpoint.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 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
“I fought with lots of mans in my life,” she said in explanation.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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At first he manned the post alongside another soldier, making radio reports on enemy movements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Domjan is aiming to make the first manned solar-powered flight into the stratosphere, which at Switzerland's latitude begins at around 10,000 to 12,000 metres, depending on climatic conditions.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Standing alongside legendary astronauts like Neil Armstrong and Dick Gordon, a schoolboy from Lancashire was there to see the final manned lunar landing mission.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Iran also targeted manned and unmanned aircraft at the base, other U.S. officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
The same question would soon be asked by the men who manned the North End’s wooden firehouse.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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Car horns sound the moment Fadella's Peugeot passes a gang checkpoint - the teenagers manning the post immediately spot our camera.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Arthur Britton was in Germany manning a checkpoint on the Oste River two weeks after the Nazi surrender when three Germans tried to cross the bridge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Federal troops were patrolling Mekelle and manning key institutions on Sunday, a local journalist told AFP, as communications were restored for the first time in more than a week.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Díaz gave up a rocketed ground ball to Luis Lara, but Edman, manning second base, went to a knee to snag it for the second out of the inning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Filch had clearly been manning his usual lookout post: They were once again on the spot where Mrs. Norris had been attacked.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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