boyfriend
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Two nearby men thought the boyfriend had thrown the bottle at them, Cuellar said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
“But if I’m going to be a partner in a law firm by the time I’m 30, I need a boyfriend who’s not such a complete bonehead.”
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
But with her two sons living at home, both in their mid-20s, bringing back a new boyfriend is uncomfortable for all involved, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Sasha and her boyfriend Tom, 31, would prefer to spend their money exploring the world.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
I saw them together a great deal, and at first I thought they were boyfriend and girlfriend, until one day I saw them up close and realized they had to be siblings.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
The wedding, this theory goes, was payback for 20 years’ worth of media that characterized her as desperate and lovelorn and having only herself to blame for boyfriends who wilted under the media’s gaze.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
Convent boarding houses are affordable and clean, but there are rules: curfews, chores and sometimes nuns who vet boyfriends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
WSJLI: You guys did a really fun social campaign with Ziwe, where the comedian known for putting celebrities in the hot seat was running a “Bad Boyfriend Bootcamp” with culture’s notoriously bad boyfriends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
Wives read everything, girlfriends read everything, boyfriends read everything.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
To go back to vaguely ignoring him the way he’d ignored all of Doreen’s other boyfriends.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
