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babe

[beyb] / beɪb /




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And I’m like, babe, I would if I could.”

From Salon Jun. 24, 2026

“Yep they aren’t compatible babe girl only wants a man with $$$,” one reply reads.

From MarketWatch Jun. 3, 2026

"Look, babe," she replies, shrugging it off, "I'll just get all my family from Manchester to fill the seats."

From BBC Apr. 15, 2026

As Swift and Carpenter say, “You don’t know the life of a showgirl, babe, and you’re never gonna wanna.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 3, 2025

“Well, if you see the old man, babe, tell him Miss Reilly said, ‘Hello.’”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

She’s marginally more sophisticated, or perhaps just less conflicted than he is, but both are babes in the woods and a temperamentally matched set.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2025

She ended her message: "Guten Tag babes x"

From BBC Jan. 31, 2024

The theater is humming with happy cast and crew, some with their little kids who had been babes in arms while the movie was shot — and ended up as extras.

From Seattle Times Dec. 8, 2023

The public opening on Saturday afternoon drew a diverse, enthusiastic crowd: grandparents and parents and babes in arms.

From New York Times Nov. 3, 2022

Old men and women, children, babes in arms, humans and other beings, too, more and more thickly they came out of the dark into the world of solid moonlight—and vanished.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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