dearer
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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
“The freedom I had before the money was paid was dearer to me,” Ms. Jacobs wrote.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
“She will be dearer than my children because she will keep the memory alive of her father, mother and siblings.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
‘He is dead,’ said Éomer, ‘but he bade me say farewell to Éowyn, dearer than daughter. He lies now in great honour in the Citadel of Gondor.’
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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