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boy

[boi] / bɔɪ /


NOUN
young man
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Parviz, his father, moved to Germany in search of opportunity when the boy was about 10.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I was raised a Catholic, was an altar boy, and at 14 I seriously considered becoming a priest,” Wilson told The Times in 1986.

From Los Angeles Times

Marc Prokosch, a lawyer representing the family, said the boy and his father were being held at a detention centre in San Antonio, Texas.

From BBC

"Mum was devastated, because that was her baby boy," said Tarnia.

From BBC

A federal judge ordered the release of a 5-year-old boy and his father who were detained by immigration officials earlier this month in Minnesota, calling their treatment unconstitutional.

From The Wall Street Journal