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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 author himself was conflicted about her, writing Cathy as a dangerous beauty incapable of empathy in his book, yet expressing how dear she was to him in letters to his editor, Pascal Covici.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Kenya's President William Ruto, who had previously appeared in public with Chivayo, paid tribute to him as a "dear friend" and sent condolences to the families of those killed.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Never mind, dear Lord, You were there, and that was all that mattered.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

“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

Carnage as the old dears mount an assault on the dancefloor.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2013

“Fred, George, I’m sorry, dears, but Remus is arriving tonight, so Bill will have to squeeze in with you two.”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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

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

Just as tomato prices begin cooling down, onions have gotten dearer by a quarter since June in the domestic market.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2023

She writes, “I have found the paintings”—clearly she didn’t have them hanging up—and they are now even dearer to me.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

"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

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

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

“Not glad? Oh, if you only knew,” he whispered and, venturing to raise his eyes to her face, “Admired Lenina,” he went on, “indeed the top of admiration, worth what’s dearest in the world.”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley