boyfriend
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In 2023, she was struggling financially, and she and her live-in boyfriend were experiencing increasing strain in their relationship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
But before she left the clinic, her boyfriend texted her saying he wanted to keep the baby and raise their child together.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Recently, I went to a wedding where my boyfriend and I were the only people with corporate jobs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Poppy had been with her boyfriend Joe Atkinson for three years.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The only thing is—I still haven’t gotten the chance to make Tina see that I could be the world’s greatest boyfriend.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
The phenomenon of artificial intelligence boyfriends and girlfriends is growing worldwide, along with the prevalence of human-like avatars that sell products or stand in for loved ones who have died.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
The wedding, this theory goes, was payback for 20 years’ worth of media that characterized her as desperate and lovelorn and having only herself to blame for boyfriends who wilted under the media’s gaze.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
“I had grown up with hockey. I had boyfriends who played hockey. My dad loved hockey.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
Reformatories were institutions where girls and young women who refused to conform to the Franco regime's Catholic values were detained - single mothers, girls with boyfriends, lesbians.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025
“Plenty of time for boyfriends, then. Why don’t you start from the beginning?”
From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
