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boy

[boi] / bɔɪ /


NOUN
young man
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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

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

The boy was a gang leader in a Caracas high school and a member of an outlawed Venezuelan Communist youth group.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

She says visitors are not allowed, meaning friends and family can not come to help her with her five-week-old boy.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

“Wait, Santana’s daughter had a gold Flash about the boy who would grow up to become Nat Turner?”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Narwat then takes us to the second primary school in the village - this one for boys, just a couple of hundred metres away.

From BBC Aug. 21, 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

I learned that he’s a proud father of two boys and a girl, and two dogs named Nipsey and Scrap, whom he affectionately calls his “babies.”

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

The competitive dancer has two boys — 5-year-old Leo and 3-year-old Jet — with husband Carson McAllister.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Then she got up to clear the plates while the boys left the room.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler




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