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[gurl] / gɜrl /




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Fellow historian Dilys Webb said Elham offered plenty for a young girl growing up in the late 1930s.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Cathy, meanwhile, deciphers the key to life through Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland,” a story about a girl like her who survives an upside-down world.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Becerra, on the other hand, has campaigned like he has it as easy as the guy who accompanies the quinceañera girl during her showcase waltz.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Monét, who grew up dancing as a kid in Sacramento, moved to L.A. around 2008 to join a girl group assembled by producer Rodney Jerkins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

It was the red-shoed girl and her mother, as Clare had seen them yesterday, walking on the road between forests.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

On Sphere’s escalators, grey-bearded lifers hugged in shredded battle jackets; tween girls in “Master of Puppets” hoodies drummed along to every fill; accents came from eastern Europe, Latin America and all the world over.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Little League, for comparison, says nearly 9% of its baseball players are girls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The study from Bloomsbury Football Foundation in association with the FA found 13% of teenage girls play organised football at least once a week, against 46% of boys.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“A couple girls said they were cute,” he said of his borrowed ears.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

And I didn’t even care that we couldn’t find the girls.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler




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