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girlfriend

[gurl-frend] / ˈgɜrlˌfrɛnd /
NOUN
female acquaintance or romantic companion
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O'Mahoney asked him to record the message for his girlfriend, Rebecca Spencer, who was away, but he forgot to press record and asked Prince William to record it a second time.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

But three months after proposing to his girlfriend, he discovered that not only did he want one, he needed mini Yorkshire puddings with prime rib and horseradish cream at the event.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Yulia Myroshnychenko had come in a white wedding dress, just like her girlfriend Yevgenia Skobielieva.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

She added, “I decided early on that I didn’t want to play just the girlfriend of the person doing the stuff. I wanted to do cool stuff, too. I have avoided being typecast.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Ran off to Mexico to avoid his pregnant girlfriend and ended up in Germany.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple




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