romance
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That song helped me find that maybe there was a little river of romance in their imaginations in that moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Rebecca Onion declares that in a crowded field of summer romance series, this is the one that will stand the test of time.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Season 2 of the Peabody Award-winning series about two hockey rivals entangled in a heated romance is still months away from premiering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
All that’s missing is a Luther Vandross song to decorate the mood with romance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
It had been replaced by a nylon, light-weight flight jacket that was bled of glamour or romance.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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More recently, the character opened a B&B and had several romances.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
In the end, Nick and Charlie decide to give their relationship another shot, confident that their love can defy the conventional wisdom that teen romances rarely last.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
But while Penn's romances have had their well-chronicled highs and lows, his acting career only followed one trajectory: up.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
The doomed romances, too—particularly between luminaries whose intellectual or artistic curiosity doesn’t extend to compassion for the people they claim to love.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
He doubted anyone had ever even imagined that a single formula could predict the rise and fall of romances universally.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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Still, if my nostalgia-clouded memory serves me correctly, our alleged aimlessness and "whatever" philosophy is amply romanced in movies.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2024
Ms. Setouchi described her “Genji” translation as her “life-project,” but said she initially struggled to connect with the book’s female characters, who were alternately romanced and discarded by the young prince.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2021
More often than not, the coaches who are wined, dined and romanced to take the Trojans job end up getting a big fat raise at their current job and stay put.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2021
But his role as a small-time hood who romanced American ingenue Jean Seberg in Godard's "Breathless" earned him international stardom.
From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2021
He dated models and actresses and romanced his stunning American wife after standing behind her in line to use the phone at Heathrow Airport.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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Maria believed she was romancing a prince from Dubai, captivated by his flirtatious smile and declarations of affection he showered on her during live video calls.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Palmer found himself spending time trying to get his expenses cleared through an incompetent bureaucracy, rather than romancing a beautiful girl on a sandy beach.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
When their rapacious cousin Charles appears, hoping to find buried treasure in the house and romancing the “pink and white and golden” Constance, Merricat takes drastic action.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
But Mosley’s nonagenarian is less interested in corporate intrigue than romancing Oliver’s 93-year-old grandmother, Brenda, in his Upper West Side mansion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
Katie was annoyed at this tendency and kept warning Francie to tell the plain truth and to stop romancing.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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