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as in blood brother
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Recent Examples of main man
My main man Jawan — who has somehow transformed into a male juror version of Eliza Orlins with his constant exaggerated facial expressions and wild gesticulating — would have positively LOST HIS MIND!
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
But for the Milwaukee Bucks, their main man was nowhere to be seen.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
In effect, Modi had gone from being America’s main man to playing third banana at China’s banquet.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Ndiaye and Harrison have both been tried there this summer, but dispensing with Doucoure would require Dyche to shed some caution and move away from one of his main men.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
But for the Milwaukee Bucks, their main man was nowhere to be seen.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
In effect, Modi had gone from being America’s main man to playing third banana at China’s banquet.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Ndiaye and Harrison have both been tried there this summer, but dispensing with Doucoure would require Dyche to shed some caution and move away from one of his main men.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for main man
Noun
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Only little boys are called big boys.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Jan. 2026
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There are big boys throwing their weight around, and there are wild skinnies with flying arms and spinning back-kicks, chopping out their emergency version of personal space.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
16 Dec. 2025
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In the first Manitou film, Herbig played Abahachi, chief of the Apache, who is inseparable from his blood brother Ranger (Christian Tramitz) since the latter saved Abahachi from a speeding train at an unguarded railroad crossing.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Dec. 2025
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The film examines the exhilarating and uncanny experience of meeting a blood brother for the first time in adulthood.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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Anthopoulos wants a big gun Obviously, the Braves are shopping to augment their starting rotation.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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The comedy big guns come out to pay their respects to the groundbreaking genius whose comedy is still radical — Ben Stiller, Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Dave Chappelle, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman are just a few.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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Moon called the five-day recovery effort one that drew extraordinary cooperation from local, state and federal partners and acknowledged the toll on rescuers and families.—
Michael McGough,
Sacbee.com,
22 Feb. 2026
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However, be patient with partners and close friends.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
22 Feb. 2026
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More Coloradans are seeing the big wheel spin in their favor each year.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2026
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The cars that Geely showcased at CES, in Las Vegas, were large SUVs with big wheels, opulent interiors, and three rows of seats—not unlike a Ford Explorer.—
Patrick George,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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Andrew’s arrest Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of King Charles III, has been released from custody and remains under investigation following his arrest on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, according to UK police.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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The former prince moved to Sandringham Estate, which is privately owned by his brother King Charles III, less than three weeks before his arrest.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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Readers of the Herald’s reports on public payroll fat cats are familiar with the lofty salaries doled out at the University of Massachusetts, aka The One Percent.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
18 Jan. 2026
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Nah, that's for the fat cats and money-grubbers.—
Steph Wagner,
CNBC,
1 Jan. 2026
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An investigation soon determined Sedhom fired an arrow from a crossbow that narrowly missed fatally wounding his sister.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Since Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, died in 2018 from complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma at 65, the Seahawks and NBA’s Trail Blazers have been owned by his sister, Jody.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Main man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/main%20man. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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