mountain man

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Recent Examples of mountain man How did Ashley describe this mountain man character? Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025 Though Park makes of Finn a charming, ex-hippie mountain man, indulgent of Jesse’s quest because he’s found solace in the redwoods from a tragedy of his own, Becca, having perhaps too conveniently also faced tragedy, counters with a passion for protocol. Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025 It is named after longtime local environmental and snowpack researcher billy barr, a reclusive mountain man who prefers spelling his name using lowercase letters. Morgan Tilton, The Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2025 Bridger introduces her to the solitary mountain man, Isaac Reed. Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mountain man
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Noun
  • An experienced woodsman, crack shot, and survival expert, he was said to be running 80 traps in the area, mostly for bobcats.
    Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 17 July 2025
  • Most importantly, perhaps, is the fact that The Newt sits within a true working farm, with some 522 people employed across the whole business, including farmers, conservation managers, gardeners, scientists, beekeepers, and woodsmen and women.
    Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • In this demo expedition, his group deployed hyper-tech robotic explorers to map a lava tube on a Mars analog site, in the Spanish Canary Islands, which, like the Hawaiian archipelago, were produced via a series of volcanic eruptions.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The sight of Morro Rock has greeted countless visitors to this part of California’s Central Coast for centuries, from the European explorers who came to the area enticed by its calm waters, to the modern-day surfers who ride the swells that break outside the bay.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This book is about listening as a pathfinder to joy, connection, love and navigating change.
    Tembi Locke, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Although the whole project is still not fully funded, the team hopes to launch their first Nautilus pathfinder unit in 2030.
    Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025

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“Mountain man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountain%20man. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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