playboy
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Or maybe he was a playboy, and she was a self-respecting career girl.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Some Democrats had privately dismissed rumors of his playboy lifestyle as unsubstantiated, according to people familiar with the conversations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Jarvis, the fictional AI from Marvel, was once known for helping billionaire playboy turned superhero Tony Stark save the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
It is about a con-man taking on the identity of a wealthy playboy.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
You’re a failure, a playboy, a racetrack tout.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
One wonders what he really thought about the pampered, preening, multimillionaire playboys of the contemporary global game, who change hairstyles weekly and win world championships sparingly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
Until his social media ban, Tate was operating something called Hustler University, which promised, for $49 a month, to turn his audience into rich playboys, as he presents himself to be.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2022
In this world, playboys are pathetic and pitiable, which reads like a plea for modern audiences to cut maligned men more slack.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
He reserves some of his greatest ire for FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who criticized the early CIA as a refuge of irresponsible adventurers, Ivy League playboys and communist sympathizers.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2020
He worships the vuvv playboys he works for.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
