boys

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Salcedo was on the plane with Serrano that touched down last week near Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, carrying more than 140 deportees: 120 men, 19 women, five boys and two girls.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

In June 2019 she gave birth to twin boys and said: "This shows that there is life after Ebola."

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

The crowd was sullen, and the only levity came from my boys, 2 and 3, running up and down the hall, hiding and entertaining themselves with a wheelchair.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

After a 33-minute set that concluded with “Long Tall Sally,” the boys made their exit.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2026

When Miss Genovese says she knows what happened that night, she doesn’t mean what happened to the boys of the Forty-Eighth.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse