Mendes

British

/ ˈmɛndɛz /

noun

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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Eberechi Eze missed Arsenal’s second penalty kick, but was rescued when goalkeeper David Raya saved from PSG’s Nuno Mendes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Director Sam Mendes is due to release four Beatles movies about each of the band members in 2028.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Just a month after he dropped “Lonely,” Bieber returned to his teen-idol woes — far less movingly, alas — in this dreary duet with Shawn Mendes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Milos Kerkez, a natural left-back, tasked with marking him, likely felt uncomfortable moving to the other side of the pitch before Mendes played a long ball over Konate to find Hakimi unmarked.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 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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