lovey-dovey
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"Co-hosting these global sporting events is not necessarily a recipe for a lovey-dovey relationship between the co-hosts," says Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff, an author and clinical assistant professor of global sport at New York University.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
It began with an offhand remark: “Why aren’t you lovey-dovey anymore?” de Blasio, the former New York City mayor, asked, according to McCray, his wife.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023
There's a lovey-dovey aspect here that I'm susceptible to but also slightly leery of .
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2022
Couples are lovey-dovey or simply together, the audience invited to parse their dynamics.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2021
But I don’t carry his letters around because of anything lovey-dovey; there is very little lovey-dovey, anyway.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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