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boyfriend

[boi-frend] / ˈbɔɪˌfrɛnd /


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Let’s say your mortgage is $3,500 a month and your boyfriend pays $1,500; that leaves you with $2,000 a month to pay.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

When she carried the weight of the loss home with her, her boyfriend, Las Vegas Raiders defensive tackle Thomas Booker, staged an intervention.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

The boyfriend had insisted he had left her there while trying to get help, telling the court he had loved his girlfriend and that he was deeply sorry.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

They were living temporarily with a friend, her boyfriend and her children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Chess thought about what Natalie had assumed about his mom—that she had a bad boyfriend, and that that was why she’d had to go away.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

“I’ve made lots of mistakes with boyfriends and husbands,” said Johnson, who has been married three times.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

The phenomenon of artificial intelligence boyfriends and girlfriends is growing worldwide, along with the prevalence of human-like avatars that sell products or stand in for loved ones who have died.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

We actually found a social insight on TikTok, with people commenting that we need to enlist our boyfriends in boot camp, they’re bad gift givers, so on and so forth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

During Tuesday's proceedings, the court heard from Nora Haukland's former boyfriends, including one who spoke of their "peaceful break-up" and his respect for her, and another who described their relationship as turbulent.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

They'd sit up late talking in hushed voices about their ex-husbands and speculating about new boyfriends, while the kids played Trouble and Sorry! in the next room.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell


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