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[gahy] / gaɪ /


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"I don't know because I like him as a player and as a guy," De Zerbi said at Accor Stadium.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

And that’s coming from a guy who never read comic books as a kid.

From Salon Jul. 31, 2026

“The guy couldn’t spell,” one observer told Hellmann, referring to the misspelled tag, as they walked by.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

How could you possibly root against the guy who wants to “cure all diseases,” whatever that means?

From Slate Jul. 31, 2026

The guy standing a few feet away from me addresses the woman behind him.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Certainly, political and religious leaders, the rich and powerful are mercilessly guyed, but this is surely the mot juste, because the disjunction between these effigies and the people they represent is understood by all.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2015

It's as if they think they have to imitate someone other than themselves, to summon up a pretend, all-purpose actress who can be guyed.

From The Guardian Jun. 15, 2013

Old folkies will spot the genres being guyed.

From Time Magazine Archive

The tubes were guyed to earth at each end and inflated; they rose in arches.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was not strong—my stomach failed me; the girls thought that very funny, and guyed me unmercifully.

From Life on the Stage by Morris, Clara

Waters' hole card is Johnny Depp, the winsome tough from TV's 21 Jump Street, who radiates big- screen grace and swagger as Cry-Baby -- no easy trick, since he is guying his own image.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cumulative effect of its guying would not nettle even the income tax bureau, for Funnyman Cantor pokes lightly at an array of straw men.

From Time Magazine Archive

One thinks of Rowlandson as purely English, because of his devotion to the English scene and his delight in guying the manners and affectations of the French.

From Time Magazine Archive

Best shot—the prefects guying Woodley about his love-affair.

From Time Magazine Archive

He shot a suspicious glance to see if the Provost was guying him.

From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas




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