- plural of boy.
boys
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When the detectives visited our house, I asked my daughter about a couple of boys who had come by the house recently, playing the old “Ding Dong Ditch” doorbell-ringing prank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
"The steadiness and the composure that Lewis just lives and breathes so innately - the boys feed off of it. He's without the doubt the talisman for this group."
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Their dad and I separated when the boys were 2.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
Next week we’ll ask, “Boys consistently report spending less time reading for fun than girls do. What factors have contributed to this gap, and what would it take to get boys reading again?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
I ask, so deep in my work that for a moment I wonder whether Grover Cleveland is a name of one of the boys that I’d somehow forgotten.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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