dear

“May his struggles never dim the memories of a sweet man, a dear friend, and a master musician.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

His teenage daughter joined the crew, holding on for dear life as the roaring watercraft stood up on its tail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

I have no children, and I’ve always planned for whatever I leave to go to my brother, a dear friend and a couple of charities I care about.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

"The nation unites on this day in the longing for our dear ones," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faced calls from protesters for an independent state inquiry into security failures that day.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

“I will, dear boy! You too will learn to find me in all that we have loved together.”

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

“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

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 further down towards Enniskillen you go, the dearer it's getting - the cheapest I saw was £1.64," he said.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 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

That also I could not understand; yet her humility made her dearer to me.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

“The dearest things of all to them are fantastic goals, much more important than their daily bread.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

"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

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

She said: “Arkeisiades, dearest of all my old brothers-in-arms, invoke the grey-eyed one and Zeus her father, heft your spear and make your throw.”

From "The Odyssey" by Homer