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The lighting is gauzy and romantic, like the Instagram filter I use to blur out my eye bags, and Marianne’s hair, long and tangled, cascades behind her, her radiant skin nearly glowing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The filmmakers, Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, are talented and charismatic, former romantic partners who still work together because that’s how Europeans roll.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Daniel has become such a draw that the store introduced Daniel-branded merchandise, including stickers that say, “I enjoy romantic walks to the hardware store to see Daniel.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The other one, it’s more in the romantic realm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

“The poster you set up for Ben sounds wonderful, by the way. I feel like I’m in the presence of romantic greatness.”

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

While the word has been co-opted and corrupted by vision-board romantics and TikTok gurus, it’s still the key to making what we want happen.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

For the romantics: Emily Yoffe’s essay “My Husband’s Other Wife” is a poignant ode to her husband’s first wife, who died of breast cancer tragically young.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Instead, young, broke romantics are opting for picnics in the park or conversations over coffee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

But Venegas’ parents were artists above all — photographers specifically, a trade now plied by Yvonne — and as such, romantics at heart and in practice.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

Everest has always been a magnet for kooks, publicity seekers, hopeless romantics, and others with a shaky hold on reality.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer