love
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What are other ways to say love?
Love may apply to various kinds of regard: the charity of the Creator, reverent adoration toward God or toward a person, the relation of parent and child, the regard of friends for each other, or romantic feelings for another person, etc. Affection is a fondness for others that is enduring and tender, but calm. Devotion is an intense love and steadfast, enduring loyalty to a person; it may also imply consecration to a cause.
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At the funeral service in a church in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, mourners spoke of the mother's kindness, her love for her family and determination to succeed.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
It’s about being brutally honest about what you want, making smart trade-offs and cutting costs for the things you don’t care about so you can spend on what you actually love.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
That’s how it works in love stories and, as “Brand New Day” is proving, love stories are pretty hard to beat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Eventually, Sophie’s demonstrated empathy makes Howl fall more deeply in love with her.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Tried to do anything but think about his gnawing hunger for love.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Win or lose, he remains humble and loves spending time with his family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Evelyn Lee, from Birmingham, Alabama, used to hate her ginger curls but now she loves them.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Lee, who arrived in the United States as a refugee from Laos in 1980 and worked for years as a preschool teacher, said she loves watching her crops grow and handing them over to customers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Whether one loves them or loathes them, the ubiquitous Big Mac burger is pretty much identical the whole world over.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
The type of story that everyone loves to see in ballets or books or movies but hates to hear about in real life.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
When we imagine, for example, those questions we can no longer ask a loved one who has died, such queries, Ms. Watson suggests, help “our brains to process loss, our minds to fathom the unfathomable.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with Allan’s family, friends, teammates, and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time,” UFC wrote on social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
"He was the youngest in the family and was loved by everyone. It is a great loss for us," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Rescue teams and family members continue to sift through the rubble in search of victims and loved ones, with nearly 17,000 people injured in the tremors.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
He smiled at me, the broad, slow smile I had loved since he was a child.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
A GoFundMe for Villalba described him as "a devoted husband, loving father of three, and a loyal friend who would do anything for anyone".
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
But the wholesale pathologizing of imperfect, yet loving, parents has created an epidemic of unnecessary cutoffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
“Many same-sex couples provide loving and nurturing homes to their children, whether biological or adopted. And hundreds of thousands of children are presently being raised by such couples.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
The final product in “Remake” is a combination of the two styles, with the loving squabble between a father and his son left in the middle.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny pictured their loving parents, and wished more than ever that the fire had not occurred.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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