the lads

plural noun

British, informal
: the male friends or work partners of a man viewed as a group
He was out drinking with the lads at the pub.

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Meanwhile, the lads sent pictures of themselves being festive. Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2024 But the Notebook Edition is sold out on the webstore, and Moon Music is off to one of the best starts of the decade for a U.K. act in the lads’ home country, so perhaps that bodes well for their U.S. fortunes. Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 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 Meanwhile K-pop mogul Hee Jun Yoon, who has overseen some of the country’s biggest bands over the past two decades, will be on hand to oversee and critique the lads’ efforts. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 11 July 2024 Improbably, the lads reunited in 2015 for Anthems for Doomed Youth, an album that further entrenched their kettle-whistling relationship. Devon Ivie, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024 In the movie’s greatest scene, the teenage Tashi, a rising tennis star who dazzles everyone who sees her on the court, seduces the lads Art and Patrick with tempting kisses, as if intending to lure them both to bed. Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024 On the Billboard 200, the lads have notched four top 10 titles, including the No. 1 albums No Strings Attached (eight weeks) and Celebrity (one week). Lars Brandle, Billboard, 14 Mar. 2024 Previous, the lads reached the summit with Everything Changes (from 1993), Nobody Else (1995), Greatest Hits (1996), Beautiful World (2006), The Circus (2008), Progress (2010), III (2014) and Odyssey (2018). Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 Nov. 2023

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