as in gal
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Noun
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Paul takes a local gal to his hotel room for a nightcap, which inspires the gal’s husband to take a chair to Paul’s head.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
10 Mar. 2025 -
Potentially, there will be gals involved, which will be great for the game as female golfers are playing more and more on-course and off-course.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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This submissiveness in the teen-aged mistress Cassidy has found addictive, like a narcotic.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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After long being recognized as a mistress, the now 77-year-old was eager to enjoy a quieter life without the scrutiny.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
22 Mar. 2025
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There’s no need to sing a song of a lass that is gone.—
Lincee Ray,
EW.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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In a trice couples formed, and the dancers whirled away more wildly, more extravagantly than before, for all the lads and lasses were fired with ambition to show us how real Hungarians could dance.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
30 Sep. 2024
Noun
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The list did controversially include Angel Cabrera, who served a two-year sentence in Argentina for violent abuse against an ex-girlfriend.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
13 Apr. 2025
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But who is Bella Ramsey’s girlfriend, Maisy Stella?—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
13 Apr. 2025
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Sebastian’s inamorata, Ellie (Leslie Bibb), is the only daughter of hotel magnate William Collins XII (David Rasche) and his US senator wife, Tigger (Kim Cattrall); and, yes, Tigger is her government name.—
Odie Henderson,
BostonGlobe.com,
24 May 2023
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The idyllic scenery also represents the happy ending that Yadra’s lesbian daughter, Zelia, wants to imagine about what happened to her great aunt Nena, who chose to stay behind in Cuba to be with her married inamorata, Antonia.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Nov. 2021
Noun
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Jealous of Kate’s new beau, Bill (Glenn Ford), Pat steals him away, marrying him.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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Sherman, as the only nonpolitical character in the sketch, was paired with Jon Hamm playing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. but dressed like Walton Goggins' Rick, the beau of Wood's Chelsea on season 3 of the drama series.—
Jillian Sederholm,
EW.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Her niece’s boyfriend, twenty-two-year-old Jacob Miranda, had also died there, of a fentanyl overdose.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Chelsea, of course, met a sad fate along with her much-older boyfriend, Rick (Walton Goggins) in The White Lotus Season 3 finale a week ago.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This oral rinse provides relief from tooth pain and discomfort triggered by cold, heat, acids, sweets or contact.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Emotional eating usually involves high-calorie, nutrient-poor foods like sweets and fast food.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Tootsie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tootsie. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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