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Recent Examples of girlfriend
The prosecution said in court that one bullet struck Canoy in the head and the other struck his girlfriend in the hip and elbow.
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Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 4 Apr. 2026
To survive the night, Mike has to get help from present-day Nick (also Vaughn) and Alice (Eiza Gonzalez), Nick's wife/Mike's girlfriend.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
Jury found Luis Antonio Gomes Akay guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Army reservist Anna Laura Costa Porsberg, whose body was never found.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
Police believe the man shot his girlfriend, then turned the gun on himself.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
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Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 4 Apr. 2026
To survive the night, Mike has to get help from present-day Nick (also Vaughn) and Alice (Eiza Gonzalez), Nick's wife/Mike's girlfriend.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
Jury found Luis Antonio Gomes Akay guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Army reservist Anna Laura Costa Porsberg, whose body was never found.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
Police believe the man shot his girlfriend, then turned the gun on himself.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for girlfriend
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Gunfire in a backyard after an altercation killed a woman and injured a man early Thursday on Kansas City’s East Side, police said.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2026
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Styles for men and women are available -- all with Allbirds design philosophy that's clean, modern and perfectly simple -- lightweight, bouncy and wildly comfortable.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Most of the candidates’ pledges, such as tackling unaffordability, reducing gas prices, increasing capacity in state prisons, protecting gun owners’ rights and keeping trans athletes out of girls’ locker rooms, are nearly identical.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Day 1 of the UIL state soccer championships kick off on Thursday with the Class 4A Division I and Division II boys and girls title games from Birkelbach Field on the campus of Georgetown High School.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Apr. 2026
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In a surprise move, KATSEYE brought out the ladies of Huntrix, the fictional girl group from KPop Demon Hunters, comprised of singers EJAE, Ami and Nuna.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Apr. 2026
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Rachel and Ahdohwahgeson may be on opposite sides of this war, but these ladies see each other.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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That’s probably why class-crossed lovers make such fertile ground for fiction—look at Heathcliff and Cathy, or poor Scudder and Maurice.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Options for 2026 include food cruises that travel through Burgundy and Provence and a 15-day wine lovers cruise on the Rhine and Seine Rivers.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Girlfriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlfriend. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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