playboy
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Mr. Hamm, who finally shows up late in the movie, has an equally good time in the opposite direction, recreating himself as a supercilious playboy lounging around in a bathrobe all day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
"As far as everybody's concerned, you're a playboy," she told him, accusing him of "parading" his relationships with people including British supermodel Naomi Campbell.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
LONDON—In 2001, Prince Andrew retired from active duty in the Royal Navy, with a reputation as a war hero and something of a playboy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
But since he was a young man, he has been obsessed with creating a macho image, inventing the persona of a high-flying playboy and king of the New York real estate world.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2025
He had a bevy of female admirers — but also a coterie of critics, who considered him a dandy and a playboy.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Paul was “one of the most gregarious playboys in New York City,” according to biographer Frank Brady, author of “The Publisher,” and Paul and William Randolph Hearst were regulars at New York nightclubs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
In a different sequence, our ensemble characters take turns reading an online screed caricaturing billionaires as yacht-bound playboys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
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
He spent the postwar years in Paris, befriending Prince Aly Khan and other jet-setting playboys who frequented casinos.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2022
He worships the vuvv playboys he works for.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
