as in boyfriends
a man who courts a woman usually with the goal of marrying her
of all her wooers, he was the only one who met with her father's approval
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Other types of suspects included mothers’ boyfriends, babysitters, stepparents or other relatives.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026 -
But there was still plenty for lovers of M/M — like Spangel (Spike/Angel), which took out the middlewoman and had the vampire boyfriends smooch each other.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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For the extreme chocolate lovers in your life, this cookie is their dream.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2026
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Many animal lovers have pet dogs or cats.—
Bailey Allen,
Cape Cod Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Or were the suitors behaving within the bounds of what was acceptable?—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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Wahlin averaged better than a point a game in Lincoln, and the major college suitors begin to emerge.—
Dean Spiros,
Twin Cities,
5 Mar. 2026
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Across 50 episodes, Anderson unpacked everything from why gay men prefer iced coffee to whether bottoms would survive the apocalypse (the answer is yes).—
Jessica Lipsky,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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This is a harsher version of Rooster’s insistence that anyone can be rehabilitated, one that acknowledges that some damage is irreparable, and that the people who benefit from infinite patience and forgiveness are usually men of privilege.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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The impact of this approach can be seen in several initiatives that have emerged through fellows’ work across South Carolina.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
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Those with a telescope will even be able to glimpse our two farthest celestial fellows, Neptune and Uranus.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Wooers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wooers. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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