Example Sentences

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"My colleague and I were manning the hotline at the council office, taking calls about the column, as well as saboteurs - people who were painting marks on the ground for the convoy to follow."

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2023

The Marines who were manning Abbey Gate on Thursday had arrived in Kabul about a week earlier.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2021

He noted years-old U.S. concerns about how Afghan forces were manning checkpoints, including in remote or hostile areas that are particularly vulnerable or serve little strategic value.

From Reuters • Jul. 22, 2021

It felt as if 99% of the Sunday gallery – 10 deep in places – were manning the 1st fairway as Woods, Molinari and Finau appeared on the tee.

From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2020

They were still too far away to discern which Sons of the Six were manning the checkpoint, but it didn’t matter.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray