first love

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She contrasts this with her first love in high school—a relationship, she says, that was “imperfect, messy, alive.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Even decades later, Jean Dornan, the protagonist of Julia Langbein’s smart, poignant and involving novel “Dear Monica Lewinsky,” can’t recollect her own first love in tranquility.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Then you show the billionaire who, even with all the money in the world, is crying at the graveside of her first love, filled with regret.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

McCann's first love was football and, despite being an avid Toffee, she played for Liverpool before an ankle injury forced her retirement in 2010.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

When first love ends, most people eventually know there will be more to come.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan