lovers

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Both parts are, admittedly, choice ones, but it’s an indication of the production’s deficiencies that these characters—and not the lovers fated to die before they grow to maturity—linger longest in memory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

However, Curtis noted that it “took a long time” before they went from friends to lovers.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

In the fuzzed-out “Envy the Birds,” the frontman recounts an argument between two lovers “spraying bullets of grievances”; the driving “Riptides” is narrated by a guy “too tired to end the war.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Different festivals appear to have adopted markedly different pricing strategies - such as moving to day events or offering less camping - leading to diverging real costs for music lovers across the UK festival circuit.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

“You can’t say nothing pleasant ever happens now, can you, Meg?” said Amy, trying to decide how she would group the lovers in a sketch she was planning to make.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott