lads

plural of lad

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of lads Three of City’s greatest-ever players in Mike Summerbee, Neil Young and Francis Lee were born in or close to Manchester and seven City players in a 1985 derby were local lads. Andy Mitten, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025 At their gigs in London’s massive Wembley Stadium and in Manchester’s Heaton Park, lads cried and moshed and showered each other in beer and cider and more questionable liquids. Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lads
Noun
  • Of course, telling her boys apart is easy for Ness.
    Jeff Truesdell, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • There were men sitting at tables in front of what must have been a bar, three little boys who stopped playing on the pebble beach to watch me, two women also disembarking with baskets and packages from their shopping in Como.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Phillies have discovered a productive unit by cutting their most expensive outfielder’s playing time and rallying around three guys who are probably still platoon players but are making the most of every chance.
    Matt Gelb, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Some other guys asked him to get hats for them too.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Her kids were at the celebration with flags and traditional Mexican shirts.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Sign up now and be one of the cool kids.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Riley Gaines has lobbied for bills in several states that would prevent biological males who identify as women from competing in women’s sports.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike wolves, where males actively help raise and protect their young, domestic dogs have largely lost that paternal instinct.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Inuit victims, many of them teenagers at the time, were either fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices, known as IUDs or coils, or given a hormonal birth control injection.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Sometimes potential is fulfilled but most teenagers can be awkward and their potential is only starting to be seen.
    Jason Davis, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As these gentlemen posed and preened, a new, colonial modern style emerged.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Among its many other deft and occasionally very blunt messages, the film, directed by Australian David Michod, definitely telegraphs the hey-get-a-load-of-this-serious-actress-here-ladies-and-gentlemen transmission.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Could the trio of old dudes play well?
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Every New Yorker is well acquainted with the dudes hawking everything from purses to Blu-Rays on busy streets.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025

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