boy
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"She said, that the two men who was still serving sentences for the manslaughter of my boy, would be released early, possibly within the next two years."
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
A former altar boy, he grew up as one of seven children in Nairobi informal settlements, and his parents scraped together enough to send him to school and university, where he studied criminology.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
But the most Norwegian thing about this man from the fjords who looks and plays like a Viking is how he was raised as a boy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
He planned to pick up the boy from the supervised child-care center at 11:30 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
I, on the other hand, fell in love with each boy in my class in turn, in a kind of hopeless, regular rhythm.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The lakefront property, known as Sunbeam Lodge, dates back to the early 20th century and had been a summer camp for boys, a sportsman’s hotel, and St. Lawrence University research center.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Watching his boys hit targets in the Tempe Diablo batting cages is one of Dino’s favorite baseball memories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
And Grayson, Brody and Bodhi are no longer featured in the 100 most popular names for boys.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
She pulled out a Polaroid of the third-grade boys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
I ask, so deep in my work that for a moment I wonder whether Grover Cleveland is a name of one of the boys that I’d somehow forgotten.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
