Mende
Americannoun
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a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
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a Niger-Congo language of the Mande branch spoken by the Mende people.
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Australian Michael Matthews produced a brilliant ride to win a tough and hilly stage 14 of the Tour de France from Saint-Etienne to Mende.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2022
When Mende, mother of two, tosses herself into the Yaselda River after her husband runs off to Minsk, her sister, Fanny, decides that enough is enough: She will track down the good-for-nothing man herself.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2021
Some are beautiful, if obscure, like the Mende mask from Sierra Leone, and the white oak plate and vessel from 20th century Ukraine, crockery made from a tree sacred to Ukrainians.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 14, 2020
Two men, a white South African mercenary and a black Mende fisherman, join in a common quest to recover a rare gem that could change their lives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2019
He was Mende and he understood Krio very well.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
I was covering the game for Radio 5 Live and a big part of why they struggled was because Lamine Yamal was up against Nuno Mendes and did not have the beating of him.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Four of the squad won the helped Paris St-Germain win the past two Champions League titles - left-back Nuno Mendes, midfielders Vitinha and Joao Neves and striker Goncalo Ramos, who joined AC Milan this summer.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The producer, who’s also known for his work with Phoebe Bridgers and Shawn Mendes, remembers the first time they made music in the studio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 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
“That’s how Justin and Shawn Mendes did it, right?”
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
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