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as in big boy
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as in blood brother
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Recent Examples of main man
Andy Green is set to be the Mets’ main man for the remainder of the season, tapped as the interim manager following Friday’s firing of Carlos Mendoza.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2026
Crucially for England, their main man, Harry Kane, got off the mark scoring twice.
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Elias Burke,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
My main man Jawan — who has somehow transformed into a male juror version of Eliza Orlins with his constant exaggerated facial expressions and wild gesticulating — would have positively LOST HIS MIND!
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Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Dec. 2025
In effect, Modi had gone from being America’s main man to playing third banana at China’s banquet.
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Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2026
Crucially for England, their main man, Harry Kane, got off the mark scoring twice.
—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
My main man Jawan — who has somehow transformed into a male juror version of Eliza Orlins with his constant exaggerated facial expressions and wild gesticulating — would have positively LOST HIS MIND!
—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Dec. 2025
In effect, Modi had gone from being America’s main man to playing third banana at China’s banquet.
—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for main man
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Thibodeau is a big boy, and Dolan is still paying him a lot of money from that $30 million extension signed in the summer of 2024.
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But taking on one of Wall Street’s big boys, and then getting squashed for it, ranks right up there.
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In the first Manitou film, Herbig played Abahachi, chief of the Apache, who is inseparable from his blood brother Ranger (Christian Tramitz) since the latter saved Abahachi from a speeding train at an unguarded railroad crossing.
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The film examines the exhilarating and uncanny experience of meeting a blood brother for the first time in adulthood.
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The Minnesota Wild’s big guns showed up in a big way Saturday night, and the Avs looked wobbly for the first time in this tournament in a 5-1 loss in Game 3 at Grand Casino Arena.
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Against Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup, Wrexham twice raced into a two-goal lead only for the half-time of introduction of the Premier League’s ‘big guns’ to underline how far the Welsh club still has to go if their owners’ top flight ambitions are to be realised.
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Aldo Álvarez started Mercatoria, another online delivery service, in 2021 with three other Cuban partners.
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Other founders made connections that led to funding, customers, and strategic partners.
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The car's quirky appearance is enhanced by a sporty body kit and big wheels that are pushed to the farthest edges.
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More Coloradans are seeing the big wheel spin in their favor each year.
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In La Guaira, one of the cities most affected by the earthquakes yesterday, José Rolón was celebrating his birthday at a pool in his brother's apartment building when disaster struck.
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Here's everything to know about Alex Freeman's family, including his parents, brothers and sister Diamond.
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His fat cat industrialist Zsa-Zsa Korda is no underground rebel.
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The fat cats in Congress who’ve been making a killing on Wall Street were none too pleased.
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Also in attendance to celebrate the couple on their big day was Dunham's ex and Swift's longtime collaborator, Jack Antonoff, who was seen leaving for the event with his sister, Rachel Antonoff.
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Suki Waterhouse, Selena Gomez, the Haim sisters, Zoë Kravitz, Emma Stone, Gigi Hadid, and Jack Antonoff are all likely attendees.
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“Main man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/main%20man. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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