romance
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The company is offering new designs that mimic its coveted vintage pairs, like the 517 jeans featured in “Love Story,” the hit show chronicling the romance between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
The “Choosin’ Texas” country music breakout is now reportedly in a budding romance with Tucker Wetmore, also a musician.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
In total she sent £140,000 to romance scammers.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
He takes solace in movies—the Richard Linklater romance “Before Sunset” is among his favorites—hip-hop dancing and learning Japanese.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
No one cared about their old celebrity romance.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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The “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,” “The Mask” and “Bruce Almighty” star also had romances with singer Linda Ronstadt, Oscar winner Renée Zellweger, and actor-model Jenny McCarthy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
A treat for anyone who loves a little wordplay: Can you think of an 11-letter phrase that describes some curries or romances?
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
Had Mitrovich been a more seasoned member of the bookish community, she might have heard the cautionary tale of Faleena Hopkins, an author of a series of self-published romances with “Cocky” in the title.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
Many shows feature wild, fast-moving plot lines, about topics ranging from secret billionaire husbands to forbidden romances, that are designed to keep viewers glued to their screens.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
With the publication of his novels The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau in the mid-1890s, he became known for his innovative scientific romances, today known as science fiction.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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He romanced Lady Mary on “Downton Abbey” only to promptly die.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025
I love being romanced by their promises of protecting birds and treating their workers well with their shade-grown, pesticide-free beans.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2022
But his role as a small-time hood who romanced American ingenue Jean Seberg in Godard's "Breathless" earned him international stardom.
From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2021
Both of their dating lives made for gossip fodder at the time, by the way, as Damon dated Winona Ryder and Affleck romanced Gwyneth Paltrow.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2021
Woolf began coming in regularly, parking his Stetson on the table and pointing Greenberg’s nose in the Racing Form while he romanced her.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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Maria believed she was romancing a prince from Dubai, captivated by his flirtatious smile and declarations of affection he showered on her during live video calls.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Palmer found himself spending time trying to get his expenses cleared through an incompetent bureaucracy, rather than romancing a beautiful girl on a sandy beach.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
Miss Piggy insists on living la vie en rose above all, including romancing herself.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
When their rapacious cousin Charles appears, hoping to find buried treasure in the house and romancing the “pink and white and golden” Constance, Merricat takes drastic action.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Katie was annoyed at this tendency and kept warning Francie to tell the plain truth and to stop romancing.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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