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sirs

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plural of sir

as in gentlemen

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There’s a resident big band that sets the tempo for dancing—there are even gentlemen hosts available for ladies—and a DJ rocks the small disco late into the night.

— Fran Golden, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
The ladies shimmered in champagne, gold and blush, while the gentlemen wisely remembered that the safest way to stand out at Miss Swift’s wedding was, in fact, not to.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 7 July 2026

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The company has cultivated relationships with prop masters, costume designers and production designers, whose decisions often determine which watches appear on screen.

— Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Nolan, of course, is one of the masters of building a faithful following over more than two decades.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

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The fellas are also working on finishing up the upcoming Bone Thugs-N-Harmony album, but that one is proving to take a little more time than originally anticipated.

— Kyle Eustice, VIBE.com, 17 July 2026
Thank you fellas … Jules, Fab, Albert, Nikolai and Johann for this invitation.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 29 June 2026

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Yes, even these guys are obviously mature for their ages, there’s a pretty significant difference just in terms of frame, body weight.

— Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
The Canadian gay hockey romance launched fujoshi fandom into the mainstream, proving audiences — and women, in particular — had a desire to watch two young guys roll around in some good old-fashioned smut.

— David Mack, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

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As of this year, majority of NBA and WNBA team owners are white males with women listed explicitly as principal owners or co-owners for four WNBA teams, and six NBA teams.

— Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Research into how space radiation can affect the central nervous system, including differences associated with males and females, shows why the people studied and the questions asked matter when designing future missions.

— Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026

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Elsewhere, winemakers are adopting misters and low-water irrigation systems, replanting their rows in directions that avoid the peak of the afternoon sun and even experimenting with heat-tolerant grape varietals.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
There are other cooling spots as well as seven water misters on the fair grounds.

— Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado Updated July 17, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026

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