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“The crash also claimed the life of Sergio’s dear friend, Tito, and left Tito’s young daughter in critical condition.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Sara and I grieve with the American people over the loss of our dear friend, Senator Lindsey Graham.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
"God willing... we will go together to say goodbye to our dear leader."
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
But, to quote former UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, "Events, dear boy, events."
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
“Harari, my dear boy! Just the man I wanted to see.”
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
“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
He helped a few old dears over the threshold, didn't he?'
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2023
By ingesting the chirpy little dears, Bergenkind seeks to internalize the little guys’ sunny joyfulness.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2016
“You poor dears, one guardian carried off in the night, the other reduced to poultry.”
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
"Of course Gaza is dearer than here, but there, there is no home left, nothing."
From Barron's ● May 9, 2026
"I work all around, in Malton, Driffield and Pickering, and it's at least 10p dearer in Scarborough than all of those places," the My Four Wheels driving instructor says.
From BBC ● May 5, 2025
“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
And I clasped my arms closer round Helen; she seemed dearer to me than ever; I felt as if I could not let her go; I lay with my face hidden on her neck.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Even the non-thriller themes — female friendship, aging, ageism, admitting the truth about oneself to oneself and one’s dearest, the invigorating effects of danger — are explicitly expressed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Over dinner recently, I got to talking with one of my dearest friends — let’s call him Paul — about relationships.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
The 43-year-old said his pug, called Alan Shearer after the ex-England football captain, was his "dearest friend" and "guardian angel".
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
As long as you and your wife have enough set aside for retirement, keep living the dream and passing it along to your nearest and dearest.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 8, 2026
Jonathan and I stood hand in hand, and we felt that our best and dearest friend was gone from us....
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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