playboy
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The 41-year-old royal misfit has long struggled with the monarchy's strictures, shaking off the angry young man and "playboy prince" tags only to find himself at loggerheads with his closest relatives.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
LONDON—In 2001, Prince Andrew retired from active duty in the Royal Navy, with a reputation as a war hero and something of a playboy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
Five years later, she enthralls Majnoo, the playboy son of billionaire parents, and the pair go on to have a spectacular wedding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2025
But since he was a young man, he has been obsessed with creating a macho image, inventing the persona of a high-flying playboy and king of the New York real estate world.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2025
Todd had always been, to Zeitoun’s mind, a bit of a wanderer, something of a playboy.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
One wonders what he really thought about the pampered, preening, multimillionaire playboys of the contemporary global game, who change hairstyles weekly and win world championships sparingly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
Until his social media ban, Tate was operating something called Hustler University, which promised, for $49 a month, to turn his audience into rich playboys, as he presents himself to be.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2022
In this world, playboys are pathetic and pitiable, which reads like a plea for modern audiences to cut maligned men more slack.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
They also need to shed any perceptions of the shoe as being for pretentious preppies, rakish playboys, or stuffy old men.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2016
He worships the vuvv playboys he works for.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
