sweetheart
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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
Grande was previously married to real estate agent Dalton Gomez, while Slater had been married to psychologist Lilly Jay, his high-school sweetheart with whom he shares a child.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Ashleigh Stanley did not bother with make-up when she tied the knot with childhood sweetheart Jake Stanley, 29, at Llanerch Vineyard in Hensol, Vale of Glamorgan.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
She married her college sweetheart Larry King in 1965 and they divorced in 1987.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Jessica Everett, America’s tabloid sweetheart, beloved for her great legs and even greater hair.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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
Dusty and Ruby were adolescent sweethearts, but the audience doesn’t need to know the whole backstory to guess why they broke up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
Two childhood sweethearts have been reunited after more than 85 years thanks to an old school photograph.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2025
It was one of Mom’s pictures that Grandma had saved from when Mom and Marcus were high school sweethearts.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
