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girlfriend

[gurl-frend] / ˈgɜrlˌfrɛnd /
NOUN
female acquaintance or romantic companion
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If I’m not with the family and I’m just by myself or with a girlfriend, I’ll go to Laurel Tavern, which is a pub that has the greatest little menu.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Side 2 launches with “Sunspot Baby,” a honky-tonk blues centered on a duplicitous girlfriend who bails on the protagonist, leaving him with a maxed-out credit card.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Josimar Medina, a 31-year-old Peruvian who was holidaying in Spain with his girlfriend, said he was sleeping on the Renfe train when "I woke up and I was in the air."

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Reams of magazine profiles spotlight everyday people choosing to share their lives with an AI boyfriend, girlfriend or spouse.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Can’t a guy and a girl just be friends without everyone thinking they’re boyfriend and girlfriend?

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

Eight girlfriends later, you still love her — that’s the concept.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

You can do things separately — whether he’s spending time with his kids or you’re going away with your girlfriends.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Festivalgoer Fiona Beasley dropped in with her girlfriends, all of them in black gothic attire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Those online connections have made Hoadley excited for a future where she finds a "little group of girlfriends".

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

I think the real reason I had girlfriends was because I didn't one hundred percent believe I was gay.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli


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