boyfriend
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Her boyfriend, who has a criminal record, has given up looking for a job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The woman’s boyfriend, an off-duty police officer, then placed Gonzalez in handcuffs, according to the statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
She had accused Slemmer of insulting her and trying to steal her boyfriend.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Pike had accused Colleen of insulting her and trying to steal her boyfriend.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
You had to keep your boyfriend on his toes.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
The phenomenon of artificial intelligence boyfriends and girlfriends is growing worldwide, along with the prevalence of human-like avatars that sell products or stand in for loved ones who have died.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
The wedding, this theory goes, was payback for 20 years’ worth of media that characterized her as desperate and lovelorn and having only herself to blame for boyfriends who wilted under the media’s gaze.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
We actually found a social insight on TikTok, with people commenting that we need to enlist our boyfriends in boot camp, they’re bad gift givers, so on and so forth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
During Tuesday's proceedings, the court heard from Nora Haukland's former boyfriends, including one who spoke of their "peaceful break-up" and his respect for her, and another who described their relationship as turbulent.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
She said I looked like Ava Gardner, who Lynn said was a beautiful famous actress with about seventy thousand boyfriends.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
