boyfriend
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The battles fought between surviving friends—in this case Wilde’s literary executor, Robert Ross, and Wilde’s onetime boyfriend, Alfred “Bosie” Douglas—are more partisan, the enmities more acrimonious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Adriana Jimenez’s boyfriend, who was the father of the unborn baby, was also with the group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
The woman’s answer was simple: “My boyfriend is a big Justin Herbert fan.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
She didn’t tell her boyfriend what was happening, and they eventually broke up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
When you break up with your boyfriend, you get closure by drawing a mustache on their yearbook picture.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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
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
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
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
“We’ll just be the kinds of girls who have boyfriends in college.”
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
