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girlfriend

[gurl-frend] / ˈgɜrlˌfrɛnd /
NOUN
female acquaintance or romantic companion
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His iPhone was running out of charge and he wanted to call his girlfriend to let her know where he was.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

His former girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones lodged civil complaints against the music tycoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Her tone soon shifts to the introspective: After witnessing a fight between Robert Duvall and his girlfriend, Eleanor writes, “I hope I am finally through playing victim in my life.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Four days before he was shot while sitting in a patrol car outside the station, the 30-year-old lawman had proposed to his longtime girlfriend, who coworkers said he was madly in love with.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The day Roberto brought his girlfriend Darlene home to meet my parents, I knew he was serious.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

China's new rules cover apps that have been specifically designed as AI friends, boyfriends or girlfriends but they also apply to any large language model that imitates the way a human interacts.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

You can do things separately — whether he’s spending time with his kids or you’re going away with your girlfriends.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

“I want to be able to worry about the normal everyday things that everyone worries about: university, work, girlfriends, gossip.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

However, his campaign was dogged by scandal, most notably including the revelation that he had a Totenkopf tattoo and allegations of “unsettling” behavior from past girlfriends.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

So I’m walking down the hall and who’s coming down the hall with two of her girlfriends but none other than Celia Evora, Her Loveliness.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers




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