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Recent Examples of girlfriend
Ezra Cavazos, Gámez-Cuéllar's girlfriend and a fellow mariachi, told NBC News the family had come to the country seeking asylum.
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Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 9 Mar. 2026
McDonald was a longtime presence in the Bay Area music scene, where peers included the Grateful Dead, the Jefferson Airplane and his onetime girlfriend, Janis Joplin.
—Hillel Italie, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
McDonald was a longtime presence in the Bay Area music scene, where peers included the Grateful Dead, the Jefferson Airplane and his onetime girlfriend, Janis Joplin.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
Espinoza and his girlfriend, Paola Esqueda, planned in December to attend three of Team Mexico’s World Baseball Classic games at Daikin Park in Houston.
—Maria Torres, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
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Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 9 Mar. 2026
McDonald was a longtime presence in the Bay Area music scene, where peers included the Grateful Dead, the Jefferson Airplane and his onetime girlfriend, Janis Joplin.
—Hillel Italie, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
McDonald was a longtime presence in the Bay Area music scene, where peers included the Grateful Dead, the Jefferson Airplane and his onetime girlfriend, Janis Joplin.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
Espinoza and his girlfriend, Paola Esqueda, planned in December to attend three of Team Mexico’s World Baseball Classic games at Daikin Park in Houston.
—Maria Torres, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for girlfriend
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Mumma, 44, is charged with tampering with a deceased human body and tampering with evidence in connection with the death of Gratton, a 34-year-old transgender woman from Denver who disappeared in April and was found dead in a Lakewood alley in June.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
12 Mar. 2026
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The results showed that women eventually diagnosed with either of these two conditions — 849 with mild cognitive impairment and 752 with dementia — had larger amounts of p-tau217 in their initial blood sample way back in the mid-to-late 1990s.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
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Decatur girls basketball needed two points to force overtime as the final seconds of regulation ticked away.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Mar. 2026
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The two teams played their Class 4A Division ll girls state championship basketball game at the Alamodome in San Antonio on March 6, 2026.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Mar. 2026
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First lady Eleanor Roosevelt spoke from the church’s pulpit on March 29, 1943, telling those gathered that the right of all people to be considered equal must be preserved in the country’s post-World War II efforts.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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The deceased was not a close friend or family member of the lady in question.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Her father describes his daughter as a lover of cooking and all things fashion.—
Terell Bailey,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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In fact, a friend might become a lover.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Girlfriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlfriend. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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