lad
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"We've got plenty of Scousers in the academy and plenty who I think will play for the club. But if not and a lad comes from Warrington or wherever, that's not a problem," Inglethorpe insists.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
First and foremost, he was a really good lad.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 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
While the press focuses on celebrity award winners, Lawrence says he was glad to showcase people like Michael Akers a "young lad with a disability... who set up a charity advocating for other children".
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 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
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"The lads were great again. We showed determination again. I am a forward so I have to keep scoring and helping the team. It is good for my confidence."
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
I used to go mad if I walked into a dining room at the training ground or a hotel to see a group of lads looking at their phone and not engaging with each other.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
In my early years of management, the bonding I've been talking about used to happen right through the season through the lads meeting in pubs after games and after training on week days as well.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
"What never sat well with me was that my brother was not with a group of lads on a stag do," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
“We’ve tried hard, Lord knows. But Ishmael here, my boy Ishmael here—he’s a match, easily, for two lads, for three! We have high hopes for him.”
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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