boy
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Arsenal fans of a certain vintage will remember former Spurs boy Nayim's long, looping winner beating the moustachioed stopper in the final minute of extra time to give Real Zaragoza the Cup Winners' Cup.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
When a colleague introduced him to their three-year-old, Brown put the boy on his shoulders and walked him around the room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"I'm a Belfast boy at heart, and it is great to tell stories from the city," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Arnold was a 9-year-old boy with an elongated ovoid head who enjoyed listening to jazz fusion under the skylight of his attic bedroom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Any boy in the room would gladly go, just to get outdoors.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
After Pope Sixtus V banned women from the stage in the late 16th century, boys on the verge of puberty were routinely castrated to keep their soprano voices intact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
This is a necessary intervention: according to Savage, many DJs have gotten lazy, and electronic dance music is a boys club that’s difficult for trans and cisgender women to break into.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Police said the boys - 12 and 14 - remained in custody.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Among them are white male entitlement versus the crushing demands of Black exceptionalism; the complicated bond linking fathers to sons; and the agonizing bravery required of mothers raising boys the world is conditioned to ostracize.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Then she got up to clear the plates while the boys left the room.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
