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beau

[boh] / boʊ /


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Afterward the beau monde had a few days to find new costumes for the Monday Mayday masquerade.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

When she begins dating the owner of a local pet shop, Iona immediately falls in step with her yuppie new beau.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 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

When I ask for his American political beau ideal, he says Alexander Hamilton.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Hildy had a feller, a beau who took her dancing Saturday nights.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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