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A man with osteoarthritis and learning difficulties has said he feels "humiliated" after being told he cannot take his new mobility scooter on Translink's train services because it has been deemed to be too big.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Dr. Fauci’s early advisers, almost to a man, thought the virus suspicious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Gaby Luisa was standing outside a dance club in Arizona earlier this summer when a man wearing glasses threw out a pickup line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
The man has achieved significant political capital without moderating anything he stands for.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
A man wearing suspenders and a brown bowler stoops, shoving thick cloth into my hand.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
It was like scenes from a movie about Europe’s dystopian future: Wave after wave of mostly young men from North Africa pouring into European territory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Most tellingly, the court twice quoted the very language ADF has cherry-picked from Virginia and reiterates throughout its campaign to transform sex-equality law: that “physical differences between men and women” are “enduring.”
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
Cloobeck’s former girlfriend, Lavie, was charged in March with burglarizing the homes of older wealthy men she met through dating apps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Ramon Jesurun, a close ally of Infantino's, saw it as a chance to show his support, with the two men smiling in a photo opportunity for the federation's Instagram account.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Mama was always cooking up nourishing broths and porridges for forgotten old men and pale young mothers—on days, that is, when she herself was strong enough to stand at the stove.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Instead, he mans a to-go window, making drinks and handing food to guests, which brings him a lot less in tips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2025
“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
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
Across the nation, they’ve set up safe spaces in schools, specialized classrooms that feel more like living rooms and that are manned by professional counselors trained in domestic violence intervention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
The Air Force says its new drones are needed in battles where manned jets would be at a high risk of getting shot down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 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 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
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
Lifeguards are stationed all around the city, some manning calm bay beaches and others the pools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 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
Forget running a gate or being an escort or doing construction supervision or transportation or manning a wall tower—a good robot might almost do those.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
