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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There are flashes of tableaux of clay figures and snatches of animation; when the lads are heading down the K-hole, the image dissolves into fast-moving jello.
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Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024
Hopefully, that will cause a few of the lads to back off.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 29 July 2024
For Cara’s birthday, Pippa and Lauren plan a camping trip to a nearby lake, inviting the lads, Zach (Raiko Gohara) and Connor (Jude Morgan-Collie).
—Fletcher Peters, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
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
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Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024
Hopefully, that will cause a few of the lads to back off.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 29 July 2024
For Cara’s birthday, Pippa and Lauren plan a camping trip to a nearby lake, inviting the lads, Zach (Raiko Gohara) and Connor (Jude Morgan-Collie).
—Fletcher Peters, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
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
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