Life was hard when I was a lad.
Well, lad, I hope you won't make the same mistake again!
He's a good lad at heart.
They can't treat us like that, can they, lads?!
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Siiiiing me a soooong of a lad that is gooooone!—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 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 Poor lad got no sleep and probably came home with PTSD.—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025 Not bad for a lad from Plaistow who just wanted to be Gary Cooper.—Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lad
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