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Later, during a visit from Holmes’ parents, Fielder asks Holmes’ father, Christian, about her former lover and Theranos business partner, Sunny Balwani.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
The man who had been my husband, lover, sports companion and partner became increasingly a different and unappealing obligation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Consider Bette Davis, playing Christine, a woman forced to kill her former lover, who has made a jealous plan to sabotage Christine’s husband, a musician, on the night of a concert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
A lifelong horse lover was able to spend time with two ponies in the final days of her life after a community appeal helped arrange a surprise hospice visit.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
That was the way the story was first told: Agamemnon had been killed by his wife’s lover.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Conservationists and shark lovers were outraged at the proposal.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
The Amalfi also provides an instrument display for the passenger, configured to display vehicle data and telemetry, so lovers can whisper sweet nothings about instantaneous g-loading.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Feldman hopes the exhibition, which spans fine-line drawings of entangled lovers and radiant topographical tapestries, will complicate that familiar account.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
The poet was a popular Romantic figure in Victorian Britain, described as "mad, bad and dangerous to know" by one of his lovers, Lady Caroline Lamb.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
No longer are the lovers entwined in each other’s arms.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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