love affair

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The Vanguard option is the modern-day incarnation of the storied Vanguard 500 fund, which kicked off investors’ love affair with index investing in the 1970s.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Inara George looks back on it now as wistfully as someone remembering a love affair or a semester abroad.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

The novel dramatizes the 1950s New York love affair between a newly arrived Jewish refugee, Ilka Weissnix, and a prominent black intellectual named Carter Bayoux.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

In an interview published to mark Massie's retirement as The Scotsman's chief literary critic, David Robinson outlined what he called the author's "love affair" with the paper, as well as the scale of his output.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Over the next weeks and months, Lefty watched from the Siberia of his side of the bed as this mother-infant love affair blossomed.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides