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boyfriend

[boi-frend] / ˈbɔɪˌfrɛnd /


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She and her boyfriend, Cheng Ming, plan to study AI in hopes of finding tech jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

But for Lola, she just wants her boyfriend to trade in his car.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Pike's boyfriend and co-defendant Shipp was 17 at the time so was spared the death penalty under state law.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

“That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re boyfriend and girlfriend.”

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

It’s women bringing their boyfriends, women who now bring their husbands, couples coming together, and I love it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 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

We actually found a social insight on TikTok, with people commenting that we need to enlist our boyfriends in boot camp, they’re bad gift givers, so on and so forth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

“A lot of my friends have boyfriends that they have known since high school, and they are engaged or already married, and I’m still single and I’m like—ahhhh.”

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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