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groom

[groom, groom] / grum, grʊm /
NOUN
man being married
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Antonyms
WEAK


NOUN
stable attendant; servant
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The ceremony, per tabloid reporting, was interminable, with both bride and groom delivering a 20-minute set of vows.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

During the tournament, a new tradition has also emerged: Fans gather and toss a person into the air, as is traditionally done with a groom at a wedding.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

“And he doesn’t bluff, either. What he does is groom us. He prepares us for things that would otherwise be unthinkable.”

From Salon May 26, 2026

Photographs from their wedding day show the happy bride and groom posing for pictures.

From BBC May 21, 2026

The groom had black shadows under his eyes and looked very sad.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

There is some debate over what to call Bianco’s mustache, which he said he grooms himself with scissors.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026

Some grooms are taking it a step further, parlaying their weddings into personal branding.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

He grooms them, administers their daily doses of medicine by hand and recognizes their individual personalities.

From Salon May 17, 2026

India brides and grooms prepping with weight-loss drugs.

From MarketWatch Apr. 7, 2026

Inside, the grooms were brushing down beautiful, glossy horses, or cleaning their polished hooves, or braiding their long tails.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Also depends on how you were groomed or how you came into the situation.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

“Individuals who lived, fed, groomed and patrolled together for years became targets of lethal attacks on the basis of their new group membership,” the authors reported recently in the journal Science.

From Salon Apr. 23, 2026

“It’s groomed out just like man-made snow,” Wilson said.

From Slate Apr. 11, 2026

He attended the Officers Training School, seen as less prestigious than the Pakistan Military Academy that has usually groomed the country’s army chiefs, according to Basit.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

It was too well groomed, its coat too sleek for a wild horse.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

You know a movie is adrift when you spend the running time admiring the grooming.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

The Telegraph says Pakistan has blocked the deportation of the grooming gang leader.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

In 2022, when Burnham was mayor of Greater Manchester, he called on the Conservative government "to do everything" within its power to deport grooming gang members.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Do you have a skin care or grooming ritual?

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

So it continued, a slow courtship on both parts, until within a few minutes, Otto was grooming them, the boys giggling as he ran his fingers over their scalps.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer




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