birthday

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Even setting aside Max’s typically snide reaction to Becky’s attire—“You look like . . . a birthday cake”—this pair seems spectacularly mismatched.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Whitney isn’t such a die-hard fan anymore, but bought birthday tickets for her brother, who still connects with the art, if not the artist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

“It’d be the ultimate 60th birthday present, right?” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

On another Easter-related thread, a different commenter said: “We also throw in any leftover birthday favors and stocking stuffers.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

His clothes were all hand-me-downs, and the times he’d been given gifts for Christmas or his birthday, they had usually been shoes and socks and underwear.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova