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Recent Examples of hombre Sus fans eran hombres adultos Daisy Bridge When Trump Won the First Time, New York Resisted. New York Times, 15 Nov. 2024 Photo : Getty/Rolex Aaron Paul: Rolex Oyster Perpetual Aaron Paul has once again shown some love for his hombre Bryan Cranston. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2024 When Elias traded for Corbin Burnes shortly before the start of spring training, fans were thrilled not just because the Orioles suddenly had a bad hombre atop their rotation. Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 21 June 2024 That may go unnoticed by most American viewers, but the presence of drugs, human trafficking, and plenty of stereotypical Latino bad hombres will be recognizable to them, based on other projects set in this region. Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hombre
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Noun
  • You guys have pretty well done that on your own with a 50 percent divorce rate.
    Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Gerard Damiano was a smart guy, a hairdresser from the Bronx who directed Deep Throat and the follow-up, Devil in Miss Jones, which were killing it at the box office, high up on Variety’s Top 50 list of the highestgrossing films.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Gerry was an older gentleman with a quiet, unassuming demeanor.
    Jed Brewer, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
  • These gentlemen were told not to use their Native language.
    Tim Trudell, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Another male was taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Described by survivors as a White, working-class male in his 30s, the serial killer gained entry into their homes by removing a small door panel.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • He was stuck between Kim Novak and a wall on one side and a four-hundred-pound dude on the other.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • But for a glorious period, all that mattered were the dudes being dudes.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is pressing charges against a man who was caught on camera touching and attempting to kiss her during a public appearance on Tuesday.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The Little Rock man who, police say, crashed while fleeing from an Arkansas State Police trooper last week now faces first-degree murder counts in the death of two teenage passengers, authorities said Wednesday.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025

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