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Recent Examples of girlfriend
Hefner was known for having multiple girlfriends at the same time — at one point, as many as seven.
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
The actor broke his silence on girlfriend Plaza's pregnancy last month while promoting Death of a Salesman alongside his costar Nathan Lane on the Today show.
—Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Encapsulating the fine line the Platner campaign has to walk, Khanna also said Platner should apologize to the ex-girlfriends who described his mistreatment of them.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 June 2026
Less than a year later, Sindelar, 35, and his girlfriend were found dead in his apartment.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
The actor broke his silence on girlfriend Plaza's pregnancy last month while promoting Death of a Salesman alongside his costar Nathan Lane on the Today show.
—Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Encapsulating the fine line the Platner campaign has to walk, Khanna also said Platner should apologize to the ex-girlfriends who described his mistreatment of them.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 June 2026
Less than a year later, Sindelar, 35, and his girlfriend were found dead in his apartment.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for girlfriend
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Underneath all of that old Jewish humor is a woman who makes no effort to get to know the person her child has become, and who remains incurious about the parts of the world that don’t fit with her agenda.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Two years later, in 1986, records show Marcelin was convicted of manslaughter for stabbing a woman to death.—
Katie Houlis,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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Stitch centers on a lonely girl who befriends a blue puppy that turns out to be an escaped alien engineered to be a weapon of mass destruction.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
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Southlake Carroll boys and girls soccer both had teams that were standouts in the Fort Worth area.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2026
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Find her firming night cream, rich-lady face oil, and blurring tinted sunscreen among a trove of other beauty gems.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
13 June 2026
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The ladies all celebrated with New York as the Knicks staged a historic comeback and defeated the Spurs 107-106.—
Leigh Blickley,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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In recent years, sourdough has become a popular choice for bread lovers.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
13 June 2026
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With a full orchestra, full choir, that's just something that's amazing to me a true music lover.—
Damien Henderson,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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“Girlfriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlfriend. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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