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Mendes

British  

/ ˈmɛndɛz /

noun

1. Sam ( uel ) ( Alexander ). born 1965, British theatre and film director, who made his name as artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse, London (1992–2002) before directing the films American Beauty (1999), The Road to Perdition (2002), Revolutionary Road (2008), and Skyfall (2012)

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“After four months of oil-supply disruption, Canadian inflationary pressures still look relatively muted,” Royce Mendes, head of macroeconomic policy at Desjardins, said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Fernandes was understood to have an open mind about where he goes, with his agent Jorge Mendes speaking to both Tottenham and Manchester United.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Instead, defender Nuno Mendes sprinted in and drove a low, left-footed strike into the bottom of the net.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

For example, left-winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia might start in the left-wing position before moving infield resulting in left-back Nuno Mendes filling that position.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

Goodness knows what outcrops Messrs. Caster and Mendes had looked at, because in fact many of the rock formations on both sides of the Atlantic are the same–not just very similar but the same.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson