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beau

[boh] / boʊ /


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The Chopin that emerges in “Becoming George” is far from a Romantic beau ideal.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Separately, UK actor Hannah Waddingham is depicted next to her "NHS surgeon beau", who the paper says has got a "Hollywood makeover".

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Old enough to know that John Donaldson, her beau of more than a decade, was the man she wanted to marry.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 2026

Will’s beau idéal, Ronald Reagan, used it frequently on the rubber-chicken-and-peas circuit.

From Salon Dec. 20, 2025

“Really? Because he seems like your beau, bringing you gifts and all.”

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

This is a huge limitation, as Flock has been used by officers to track not just exes but the new beaus with whom they have moved on.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

As fate would have it, all that time spent researching how bats find their beaus may have led to another pairing.

From National Geographic Feb. 14, 2024

Shortly afterward, the two were out and about on a double date with their beaus.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2023

The director Sara Gunnarsdottir ruthlessly illustrates the gulf between the high schooler’s florid romanticism and her beaus, who are, mostly, a parade of creeps.

From New York Times Feb. 16, 2023

Perhaps after November after I prove up, I can think about beaus.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

The entire family showed up, including Kylie Jenner in a white ballgown with a matching hat and big sister Kourtney Kardashian in deconstructed Thom Browne to go with beaux Travis Barker’s Thom Browne suit.

From Washington Times May 3, 2022

The book, as it stands, feels ominously loveless, more hospitable to dolts than to eligible beaux, yet at least seven writers have sought to flesh it out and, in so doing, to warm it up.

From The New Yorker Mar. 5, 2017

The art deco, beaux arts and neoclassical style includes limestone panels, enhanced with floral and fluted designs.

From Seattle Times Feb. 16, 2017

On either side of the esplanade that runs between the Champs Élysées and the Seine is Charles Girault’s exquisite pair of beaux arts buildings, the Grand Palais and the Petit Palais.

From The Guardian Nov. 5, 2016

But Fanny spent time with her other beaux, and Charles had another love, too—beetles.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman




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