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boy

[boi] / bɔɪ /


NOUN
young man
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Outside the stadium a small net had been set up and any kid who could put the ball in the goal would be entered in a raffle to be a ball boy on the field.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

The youngest boy, E, received an 18-month YRO.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

But something changed for Usha, and not long after we buried my friend, she became pregnant with our fourth child, a boy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

His mother had described him as being more like an eight-year-old boy.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

I’m no longer the boy in the cotton field.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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