sweetheart

Dolly Parton — the “queen of country,” benevolent ruler of Dollywood and America’s true sweetheart — died at age 80 last month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Steven, now 35 and married to his high school sweetheart with a toddler, is a partner at Arena Capital, a small real-estate private-equity firm that invests in the Hudson Valley.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

He’s married to his childhood sweetheart, has three adorable sons and a picture of his mother tattooed on his back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

He married his college sweetheart, with whom he would have triplet sons, and joined Exxon as a research engineer in Tulsa, Okla., in 1963.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

“Oh, sweetheart, nothing is more important to me than you. Nothing. And can I say something? I’m really sorry your dad doesn't know you now. Because if he did, I’m sure he’d be very proud.”

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee

They were, she said, "true childhood sweethearts, loving one another more and more with each passing day".

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

People also meet their sweethearts in college or at jobs that require similar qualifications.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 14, 2026

"It's here that we still meet our sweethearts, that we swap our numbers scribbled on little bits of paper," says fisherman Paulin Agbokounou.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

“Apples float, and as the girls’ potential sweethearts ducked to catch the fruit with their teeth, future couplings were determined — or foretold.”

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025

My frantic search uncovered a plethora of random objects—clothing, shoe brushes, buttonhooks, photographs of wives and sweethearts, tins of wax and pastes—things that seemed so ordinary, so human.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros