manpower

Example Sentences

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Russia, whose battlefield advances have slowed since last year, has paid a high price in manpower for relatively small territorial gains.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

"They don't have the manpower to get her out," the woman says.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

“Many potential missions simply never happened because the manpower didn’t exist” to assess vital intelligence, said Kohn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Instead, four years on, Ukraine continues to hold its own against Russian troops across the east of the country, at an ever-increasing cost of manpower and resources for Moscow.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Not only did all those police act as a deterrent, but they also provided the manpower to imprison criminals who might have otherwise gone uncaught.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt