dear
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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
We sat and chatted about marriage, my possibly newfound feelings around it, her separation from her own husband, and dear God, how insufferable the L.A. heat wave was becoming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
It feels like the monoculture is at least trying to hold onto dear life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
He said it would be a look at his life, his comedy and his clothes, and take place somewhere that is "very dear to my heart".
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Only imagine Maggie and me and dear Mother before a crowd of drunken Senators,” Kate complained in a letter to Leah.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
“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
My dears, I was quite exhausted just reading it.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2012
“Do not try to follow me, my dears, if you value your sanity.”
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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 costs keep rising, and the price of Hinkley's electricity will only get dearer," they added.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2023
“The freedom I had before the money was paid was dearer to me,” Ms. Jacobs wrote.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
The child to be born at Randalls must be a tie there even dearer than herself; and Mrs. Weston’s heart and time would be occupied by it.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
"My dearest wish is that the decision encourages other women who up until now have not had the courage to take this step," Lainault said.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
"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
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
Two of my dearest friends travel under ethnically neutral names that their parents changed from obviously Jewish ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
I will be back for you, dearest, she said.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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