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[gurl] / gɜrl /




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Despite Tyler's career taking her all over the world, she has been described by those living in Mumbles as a "Swansea girl through and through", and someone who "never forgot where she came from".

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

"Katseye: Wild Hearts," which chronicles the pop girl group by the same name, came in fifth place, earning $3.6 million for Trafalgar Releasing on its opening weekend.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

“People tell me, especially Black ‘90s kids who were watching for my seasons, they’re like, ‘We really paid attention to you because you were the only Black girl!’

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

I am a 30-year-old girl living in New York City and I started dating a 43-year-old bartender.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

And when she’d been introduced to him, he’d taken her as a Black girl who didn’t know the first thing about being Mvskoke.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

With Amanda and I doing ‘Whateverrr!’ you didn’t see a Black girl and a white girl, you just saw these two insane girls who loved the same guys.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

"We have been very selective with the girls we've asked to help," jokes Ali.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Louisa May once observed that she “never liked girls or knew many, except my sisters.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

State football, basketball and girls volleyball will be put on linear television.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

In the olden days of schoolmaster Increase Whittlesey, the girls sat on one side, the boys on the other.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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