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Tran, who went by Andy, danced with partnerless women, a grin at times splitting his face from ear to ear.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2023

I was partnerless and in my mid-40s when the pandemic began, and my desire for companionship trumped my travel fears.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2023

She’s finishing a memoir about moving to L.A. jobless and partnerless at 51.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2022

And here we are: I’m 35, and partnerless, childless, dogless.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2016

She will be partnerless when other girls have too many; she will have to retire to the dressing-room, deeply humiliated because unescorted to the supper-room.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson