boyfriend
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Lucy Harrison's boyfriend, Sam Littler, was in the house in Texas when she was shot and still has "ongoing questions and concerns"
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
“But if I’m going to be a partner in a law firm by the time I’m 30, I need a boyfriend who’s not such a complete bonehead.”
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
But with her two sons living at home, both in their mid-20s, bringing back a new boyfriend is uncomfortable for all involved, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
I didn't tell my boyfriend my age when we started dating.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
But maybe I want to be friends with a boy without everyone assuming he’s my boyfriend.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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
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
Lee’s look at a woman juggling three boyfriends earned him the festival moniker “the Black Woody Allen.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
I watched cheerleaders Cathie Patterson and Sandy Whitt dance with their boyfriends.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
