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
"He was just a proper family lad with a heart of gold and he'd do anything for his family."
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The lad needs broad shoulders to carry the weight of expectation but the Raiders can hardly do worse than last season.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
In the video, uploaded to a Russian recruitment account, Townsend described himself as "a normal working-class lad from Yorkshire".
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Before them to show the way ran a little lad carrying a flaming torch and in the light of this torch the faces and the bodies of the men and the wet stones glistened alike.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
It was early July at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, and the lads were about to test themselves against Brazil for a spot in the quarterfinals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
"We'd worked really hard getting youth into the club again and this bunch of young lads became the spirit of Manchester United," says Ferguson.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
First impressions can be a vital starting point, so again the manager has time to prepare and deliver their principles to the lads.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Both lads played a significant role in keeping us up.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The sentiment, if not the response to it, was echoed by lads all over the country.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
