groomsman
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groomsmen
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Outfit changes and groomsman photo-ops are de rigueur for some, while others express their newly empowered groom voices through the deployment of personal themes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Schecter and Scotland-Williamson, who was a groomsman at Mailata's wedding in 2023, remember that he was always singing.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2025
We did have the story where we wondered about whether her love interest was in Sanditon, maybe a groomsman of Colbourne's or something.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2023
Then the groomsman called and asked me what we’d think of him bringing Joan as his plus-one, and we jumped at it.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2023
He was a groomsman at my wedding and remains a cherished friend and mentor.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
The pair both donned Christian Dior, according to Swift's longtime publicist, and elected to skip bridesmaids and groomsmen.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
He was told that he and his six groomsmen were not allowed to get dressed on site, but they could pretend to do so for pictures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
“The groomsmen look like lost members of 98 Degrees, wearing squiggly goatees and gummy-worm braids.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
And, they don’t have a hoard of bridesmaids and groomsmen, but instead ask siblings only or one close friend to stand up for them.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2024
There are four hundred of them, plus thirty instructors and fifty more on the staff, NCOs and cooks, groomsmen and groundskeepers.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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