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loved one

Definition for loved one

noun as in dear

Strongest match

honey

Weak match

precious

noun as in saint

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Elsewhere in the crowd, bewilderment laced with anger when families who had been informed that their loved ones would be released discovered they weren’t on the buses after all.

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Families of the Israeli hostages were seen screaming with happiness and crying as they embraced their freed loved ones.

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They were then reunited with loved ones at reception points near the Gaza border, before being airlifted to hospitals to begin the process of physical and psychological treatment.

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His hunger for meaning is palpable, so loved ones can either stand by his side or lose Ron entirely to this nonsensical mission.

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In Gaza, families gathered at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the hope of being reunited with their loved ones.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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