boy
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“There was a complete reversal, where people said ‘Oh boy, we were right, Dick’s blew it, they made this terrible acquisition,’” Swartz said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
The King says he and Queen Camilla are "heartbroken" by the deadly flash floods near the Nepal-Tibet border, as 33 people from the UK are missing including a 13-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The boy was referred to the Home Office National Referral Mechanism - which ensures support is given to victims of modern slavery - and it was concluded he had been a "victim of exploitation".
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
In Tbilisi, Ms. Goldberg and her friends bonded with an 11-year-old boy named Avi who, through complicated means, was already carrying on a correspondence with a Jewish boy in Philadelphia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
A little boy with jet-black hair and dark eyes comes up to Ford and says something in Spanish.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
When Manning's boys where born, "immediately we were sent something in the mail to sign up," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Messages on its walls included: "RIP The Boys", "Never Be Forgotten RIP The Lads", and the initials of those in the car with "Rest easy boys".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
They have deep, all-consuming special interests just like autistic boys, but their preferred subjects are often socially mainstream: unicorns, a particular type of doll.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Diana had made her two cherished boys promise to always stand by one other, but almost 30 years after her death they are no longer talking.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
In 1944, a strong coastal storm uncovered the missing tombstones under a highway, and these boys scrambled up to see.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
