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Come the 1920s, when shares in Wilde were on the rise again, Langtry is said to have kept an empty chair at her Monaco dinner table “in memory of dear Oscar.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

About 43% of those surveyed said they simply haven’t gotten around to it, much like your dear friend, while many also feel estate planning isn’t a priority or that they don’t have enough assets.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

Calling Harald his "dear cousin", Britain's King Charles III said his fellow monarch had served "with unwavering dedication, guiding Norway through times of great change with warmth and humility".

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

Phillips added that Parton was emblematic of the very values America was built upon and still holds dear, namely "independence" and "freedom to do what you want".

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

My dear, war is upon us, and your mischief is most dangerous.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

“We didn’t keep that,” she said, “but I loved learning what Lydia would do if she could. ‘Eyes forward dears, we are not sitting comfortably in a class room.’”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025

I would think to myself, Oh, my dears, if you could only see who you are speaking to and how hard they work.

From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2024

By ingesting the chirpy little dears, Bergenkind seeks to internalize the little guys’ sunny joyfulness.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2016

Are children really such precious dears, such special snowflakes, that they can’t listen to any adult other than their own parents?

From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2014

“You poor dears, one guardian carried off in the night, the other reduced to poultry.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Meanwhile, what got cheaper diverged sharply from what got dearer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

"We bring our children and teenagers alongside us so they can see military training, and whenever our leader, dearer than our lives, gives the command, we will all come to the field," she told AFP.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

But in 2023, artists also took another step in reclaiming aspects of our humanity and holding them a little dearer.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2023

“The freedom I had before the money was paid was dearer to me,” Ms. Jacobs wrote.

From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2023

I was a bride, promenading down the center aisle of San Juan Evangelista twenty years back to marry the man with whom I would have our dear children, dearer than my life.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

"It is truly my dearest wish that this opens the way for other women who might not have dared until now," the 59-year-old, who lives in Anglet in southwestern France, said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

She said the death had "shattered our family" and that her sister was the "dearest and most innocent member".

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

Your nearest and dearest may be aware you do it, but you don’t discuss it with strangers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

My husband and I watch “Love Is Blind” with one of those nearest and dearest, and we three approach each season like rabid sports fans who are only in it to yell at the TV.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

Kat wrote down what she remembered of the letter and this is her version: Darling, dearest Faith, I’m so sorry not to have been in touch more.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd