hombre
Example Sentences
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He even wrote back to the crook: “I told the guy, ‘You just messed with the wrong hombre.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Un hombre de caballo — a man of the horse — in the world of wicking polo shirts and bogeys?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024
In one of the most anticipated sequels in the history of the MCU, one that somehow still exists despite the loss of Chadwick Boseman, Huerta is el hombre.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2022
He's a very dangerous hombre with big, big power and he can close the distance quickly.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2021
I don't say anything and Freak is looking at me like he's never seen me before and then Iggy says, "Killer Kane. What a tough hombre he was."
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
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