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beloved

[bih-luhv-id, -luhvd] / bɪˈlʌv ɪd, -ˈlʌvd /




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Johannes Brahms’s feelings for Clara Schumann were obvious to everyone except his beloved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

California celebrated its inaugural Dolly Parton Day on Friday -- 9/25 -- a date that recalls one of the late country icon's most beloved hits.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

For example: If your priority is paying for a grandchild’s tuition or donating to a beloved charity, you’re more likely to fall for a scheme that promises to fulfill that goal.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

“There are no words to adequately express our heartbreak over the loss of our beloved Chris Spatola,” the Krzyzewski family said in a statement through Duke.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

In the night I toss and turn, crying into Amina’s handkerchief, asking how it is that we are leaving our beloved land.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

But mostly, I now truly dress for myself and my beloveds, who all want me to be comfortable and have a good time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2024

“The biggest gift by far of these two movies for me is just the friendships with these beloveds in my life,” Steenburgen said.

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023

Fittingly, Pru, who’d long felt ashamed for lacking a defining passion, will demonstrate consummate passion in her nonstop exertions to care for beloveds and, never least, to survive.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 20, 2021

It is in this space between them where Coster, who writes with unflinching romance, wills us to examine all the ways we come to unlove our beloveds, our families and ourselves.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2021

"The hours she spent trying to fix her beloveds stretched into eternity after eternity, until..."

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton




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