mountain man

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Recent Examples of mountain man Among its first eternal residents was a mountain man who killed a grizzly bear and vice versa somewhere out in Malibu. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024 Originally, all three of the mountain men were huge. Clark Collis, EW.com, 30 May 2023 The last of the Wild West and its mountain men appear on our earliest covers, while midcentury issues were cheerful and relatable to most readers. The Editors, Outdoor Life, 28 June 2023 The eight Texas longhorns will be on display in the rodeo’s Frontier Fun Zone, which also includes re-creations of a Native American village, a pioneer camp, a mountain man trading camp, pony rides, a carnival, an autograph booth for rodeo contestants, and live music. The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2022 See all Example Sentences for mountain man 
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Noun
  • They are joined by a talking bluebird with a secret (Melanie Lynskey) and continuously cross paths with a woodsman (Christopher Lloyd) who warns them of an evil sentient darkness called the Beast.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
  • No: the woodsman, Takumi (Hitoshi Omika, a first-time actor who has previously been an assistant director to Hamaguchi), is helping gather water for making the noodles served in a restaurant that the other man and the other man’s wife run.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • Drawing on journals, ships’ logs and other primary sources, the historian tells the tale of Captain James Cook’s final voyage to the Pacific, which ended with the British explorer’s death at the hands of a crowd of Hawaiians in 1779.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
  • In May 1541, Spanish explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado led an expedition of approximately 1,500 men through the Texas Panhandle in search of the legendary Seven Cities of Gold.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The Wolf Clan in Oneida tradition represent the pathfinders who help guide the people in life the way the Creator intended.
    Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2024
  • And the words associated with vanguard are trailblazers, innovators, pioneers, pathfinders.
    Njera Perkins, Peoplemag, 28 June 2024

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“Mountain man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountain%20man. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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