Example Sentences

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They will relieve the Shenzhou-17 team, who have manned China’s Tiangong space station since last October.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024

He is being billed as a decided upgrade over the hodgepodge of players who have manned the position, a list that includes 25 starters this century.

From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2022

Battling intense Florida heat and thunderstorms, teams of structural engineers, logistics experts, firefighters and reserve specialists have manned the site, combing the rubble in front of the remaining structure.

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2021

The Navy have manned vessels with an eye to budget constraints rather than the mission requirements, which understates shortfalls in crew size, the GAO said.

From Washington Times • Jun. 3, 2021

How some have manned the boats, some raise the anchors up and make them fast, some set the sails to catch the wind, how others yet again look out at bow and stern.

From Apollonius of Tyana, the Philosopher-Reformer of the First Century A.D. by Mead, George Robert Stowe