boyfriend
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Thriller author Lucy Foley was given the reins to the character, after promising to not make her young or give her a boyfriend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Adelle Overton's boyfriend of 13 years, Steven Uden, appeared to be the perfect partner.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Her love life proves to be as evanescent as her artistic medium; when the novel begins, Tor learns that her boyfriend, Andreas, is cheating on her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Panettiere lived in Los Angeles, but her boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, is a Greenville native, according to authorities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Why hadn’t she ever told me before that she had a boyfriend?
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
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
Meanwhile, a parallel trend has emerged of boyfriends documenting how the movie left them rattled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 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
She said I looked like Ava Gardner, who Lynn said was a beautiful famous actress with about seventy thousand boyfriends.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
