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Recent Examples of sirThat’s good, sir, because your boy is freaking out.—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2025 No need to seize the Capitol or talk of harming anyone this time around, no sir.—Barry Scott Zellen, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2025 How dare you, sir — but she is once again reminded of how lovely the Bridgerton family is.—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024 Saying ‘ma’am’ and ‘sir’ also makes assumptions about someone’s gender.—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 18 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for sir
The rooftop has plenty of cushioned seating under misters, several bars and a hookah menu with more flavors than a Baskin-Robbins.
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The Know,
Denver Post,
15 Aug. 2025
That includes natural bodies of water like creeks and lakes, as well as cooling towers, fountains, humidifiers or misters, hot tubs, and even the tanks that hold windshield wiper fluid in cars.
Hearing about a shoe designer getting more attention than a professional athlete, Boyle remembered his own company’s involvement with a master of the craft.
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Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
This Levoit is down 30%, and a master of hair and fur removal.
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Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
7 Oct. 2025
Other interior highlights include a high-tech cinema, a cigar and billiards lounge, a wine cellar, a gentleman’s lounge, a tea room, and a spa with a hammam, ice room, and sauna.
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Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
8 Oct. 2025
As a rule, royal governors were gentlemen, if not always gentlemen with experience.
His boss seems unusually chill with the deception, mostly because this lad might be helpful for sniffing out other moles and double agents in their field.
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Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
24 Sep. 2025
Rather than figuring out whether or not the young lad did it, Adolescence explores the complexity and psychology of how an earnest student from a respectable family committed such a crime.
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