love affair

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The Vanguard option is the modern-day incarnation of the storied Vanguard 500 fund, which kicked off investors’ love affair with index investing in the 1970s.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

The novel dramatizes the 1950s New York love affair between a newly arrived Jewish refugee, Ilka Weissnix, and a prominent black intellectual named Carter Bayoux.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Victory would be the crowning moment of a 70-year love affair with the sport that began during childhood.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Not that Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff’s doomed-by-their-own-hands love affair ever needed the exposure; Brontë’s themes of obsession, revenge, social class and the supernatural are still analyzed in high school English classes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

She brought the socially connected Mrs. Walter into her confidence about the love affair with Elisha.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock