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Long before the little black book, before the conspiracy theories, before one died by suicide in jail and one ascended to the White House, Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump were poster boys for ’90s New York City excess.
Parties.
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Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 25 July 2025
Penn’s happy stoner surfer dude Jeff Spicoli immediately became the movie’s poster boy and comedy focal point.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 25 July 2025
The VMware/Broadcom mess is the poster boy of this dynamic.
—Forrester, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Hungary were the poster boys for the shift away from that system.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 1 June 2025
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Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 25 July 2025
Penn’s happy stoner surfer dude Jeff Spicoli immediately became the movie’s poster boy and comedy focal point.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 25 July 2025
The VMware/Broadcom mess is the poster boy of this dynamic.
—Forrester, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Hungary were the poster boys for the shift away from that system.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 1 June 2025
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“Poster boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster%20boy. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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