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Recent Examples of mountain man
Irion started thinking of the project as the soundtrack to an imaginary movie, inspired in part by 1972’s Jeremiah Johnson, which starred Robert Redford as a mountain man.
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Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2024
The two old mountain men looked each other in the eye.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Bull died in 2014 at 89. 11 of 16
Victor French as Isaiah Edwards
Victor French portrayed Isaiah Edwards in Little House on the Prairie, a mountain man who later settled in Walnut Grove.
—Melissa Girimonte, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
There’s also the elaborate animal-catching ingenuity of a mountain man (Wes Tank) who inspires him.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for mountain man 
Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2024
The two old mountain men looked each other in the eye.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Bull died in 2014 at 89. 11 of 16
Victor French as Isaiah Edwards
Victor French portrayed Isaiah Edwards in Little House on the Prairie, a mountain man who later settled in Walnut Grove.
—Melissa Girimonte, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
There’s also the elaborate animal-catching ingenuity of a mountain man (Wes Tank) who inspires him.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for mountain man
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountain man
Noun
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Local woodsmen supply balsam branches, which are then ground, dried, and pressed into a mold—eschewing chemicals entirely in this natural and sustainable process.—
Jeanne Malle,
airmail.news,
4 Dec. 2021
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Hoping to stir up some demand, Jesper spreads the word that Mr. Klaus (J.K. Simmons), the large bearded woodsman living on the edge of town, will send a wooden toy to any child who writes him a letter.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Spanish explorers discovered the drink in the 1500s and introduced it into European trading markets.—
Kendra Nordin Beato,
The Christian Science Monitor,
13 Feb. 2025
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The history of this place includes its proximity to Jamestown, Virginia’s first colony that European explorers settled after landing in the Chesapeake in 1607.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The pathfinder remained onboard New Glenn’s second stage for the duration of the six-hour mission.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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The test flight will launch a pathfinder version of Blue Ring, a new spacecraft platform the company has built.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Mountain man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountain%20man. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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