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boyfriend

[boi-frend] / ˈbɔɪˌfrɛnd /


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Where he once liked to hit the clubs, Araki now mostly stays home with his boyfriend of some 14 years and two small dogs.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Bale said people standing near her started to use her group as markers, with one asking her to stay in place while she went to the bathroom so she could find her boyfriend.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Recently, I went to a wedding where my boyfriend and I were the only people with corporate jobs.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

Poppy had been with her boyfriend Joe Atkinson for three years.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

She’s talking about how she wants to buy one for her boyfriend, Max, but can’t decide between the one that looks like a Mohawk and the one that has skulls on it.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

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

It includes dealing with new boyfriends of family members pretending to be who they aren’t.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 14, 2025

Reformatories were institutions where girls and young women who refused to conform to the Franco regime's Catholic values were detained - single mothers, girls with boyfriends, lesbians.

From BBC Nov. 15, 2025

She was interested in clothes and makeup and in having a good time with her many boyfriends, all of whom adored her.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren




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