first love
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But Walton had "zero interest in acting" as a young child - boxing was his first love.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Soccer was his first love, but soccer also let him down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The bust on sale depicts Daphne, Apollo's first love in Greek mythology, and is inscribed with the Latin phrase "me fecit Roma" - translating to "Rome made me".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
I’m a portrait photographer at heart, and portraiture is my first love.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
She could smell the fragrance wafting up from the wine: honey, peaches, flowers in midsummer, as intoxicating as first love.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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