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boyfriend

[boi-frend] / ˈbɔɪˌfrɛnd /


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The former boyfriend of music sensation Rihanna was handed an eight-month jail term suspended for a year -- meaning he will not be imprisoned unless he commits another offence during the period.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

As a young professional, my trick ankle gave out and I collapsed in front of my boyfriend, Drew, in the parking lot of a TV studio in Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Reams of magazine profiles spotlight everyday people choosing to share their lives with an AI boyfriend, girlfriend or spouse.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Her boyfriend, who has a criminal record, has given up looking for a job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Then I started to wonder how come someone so smart like Calista would have a boyfriend who was a real idiot.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

Suvorova writes about girls in school accusing her mother of being a gold digger, intentionally choosing rich boyfriends that would eventually become rich husbands while they lived in poverty and couch surfed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

Wives read everything, girlfriends read everything, boyfriends read everything.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026

His daughters affectionately referred to him as “the Warden” on account of his strictness—no makeup, no boyfriends, no staying out late.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French


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