held dear
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To even think about having the one project I held dear taken away from me?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
But the roustabout Hal’s dawning maturity costs him the companion he once held dear.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
The holiday may be getting more modern, but millennia-old traditions are still held dear in China and other countries.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 5, 2024
That’s even if it was “perhaps reprehensible in terms of the principles held dear by the United Nations and the international community as a whole.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
I picked a black heart because it reflected my innermost thoughts—that everything I held dear was tainted and dark.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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