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babe

[bayb] / beɪb /




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"Yeah I said it, sorry babe," he continued, adding that he would "get in trouble for this."

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

And I’m like, babe, I would if I could.”

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

“Yep they aren’t compatible babe girl only wants a man with $$$,” one reply reads.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

"Look, babe," she replies, shrugging it off, "I'll just get all my family from Manchester to fill the seats."

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

“Have a chair, babe, and I’ll fix you something to eat.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

She’s marginally more sophisticated, or perhaps just less conflicted than he is, but both are babes in the woods and a temperamentally matched set.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025

The theater is humming with happy cast and crew, some with their little kids who had been babes in arms while the movie was shot — and ended up as extras.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2023

Funny, because those are the kind of roles I was playing, too: They were fish out of water, they were babes in the woods, and that was me.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2023

Comedian Shaparak Khorsandi replied to Forde: "I hear you but personally I'm fine with it and say yes when asked if babes in arms are allowed."

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2022

Mom, noon, and night they came, old folks and little children, big men and small ones, barefoot girls and women with babes at their breasts.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin


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