love
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What are other ways to say love?
Love may apply to various kinds of regard: the charity of the Creator, reverent adoration toward God or toward a person, the relation of parent and child, the regard of friends for each other, or romantic feelings for another person, etc. Affection is a fondness for others that is enduring and tender, but calm. Devotion is an intense love and steadfast, enduring loyalty to a person; it may also imply consecration to a cause.
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Cocks calls it a “snackable” price, “great for a quick treat, a gift or a little show of love or appreciation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
“I got a Mamba Mentality tattoo. I just love his mindset,” Mamukelashvili said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
I love to see the pure joy, relief and emotion in their celebrations.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
“This event really resonated with me, because it mixes two things that I really love, music and being a part of nature,” said Tsoi, adding the commute was worth it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
In addition to literature and poetry, Joey nurtures her love of music.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
It should be an easy decision, particularly since Sybylla loves him and Neill makes him so irresistible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
"Well, everybody loves a good fart joke, regardless of your age," Serkis laughs.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Rubin loves the series so much she almost named her daughter Laura.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Occasionally, she leads painting workshops, and she loves helping others tap into their creativity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Instead, she tiptoes along the basement wall, having adopted a battle stance I’ve seen in the shonen manga she loves to read.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
In a GoFundMe to raise money for a memorial service following the boy’s death, Legend was remembered as a “bright light in so many lives” and “a true godsend to those who loved him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
"A person has died, and their loved ones and the people of our community deserve clear answers about what happened," Biddeford Mayor Liam LaFountain said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
"Our thoughts at this time are with both victims and their loved ones, who are being supported by specialist officers," he added.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
“Those medium-sized films I loved — like courtroom dramas, family dramas — are just so hard to get made, and it is the same with something of The Odyssey’s scale too,” he told the Times.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
She loved the people she saw in the street—and beyond: her love took in the city, the land of Holland, the world.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Since her final college routine in 2019, Ohashi was loving her retired athlete life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The Ingalls folk, after all, are warm, loving, American and, as such, inclined to take a road trip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Her special power is foreign to most beings in that world: She is loving.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Most people who have children still have them in the context of marriage, and many others have them in the context of a loving and stable relationship.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
Nikita Khrushchev was back on stage at the Kremlin, again playing to a crowded house, loving every minute of the building tension.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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