lad
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I gave Gary his senior debut with Portsmouth in the Championship in 1999 and he's a smart lad who was always football mad.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Starting five shots back on Sunday, local lad Fleetwood had to swing well, play smartly and stay calm in the eye of the storm.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
“It’s a ballad for the real lad, an acceptable point where men can show a bit of emotion.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Paul Coutts, a ball playing midfielder and joker of Wilder's dressing room described Wright as an "unassuming lad" with a "dry sense of humour".
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
“When I was a lad I had no such melancholy and no such weepings and tempers, and no slaves, either.”
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
Osborne also said she is treated as "one of the lads" in the weighing room, and has never experienced sexism and misogyny unlike other female jockeys, including Bryony Frost.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Every defeat was taken on the chin, and accepted, but the lads were always ready to go, again and again.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The Sun also leads on the tributes at Old Trafford and commends PC Blades's sons as "brave lads".
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
"The lads have had some great success over the last two seasons. It's something that I want to be a part of, so I'm really looking forward to getting started," McNeil said.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
When the gong called to supper he went, but he would hardly speak to the other lads at the Long Table, or raise his face to them, even those who greeted him most gently.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
