lover
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"Greg loved the ocean and was known as a passionate swimmer, sports lover, dedicated worker and an all-round generous, witty guy," his family said in a statement to the broadcaster.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
For the devoted Kenyan chai lover, that may offer some respite.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“The closest I’ve been able to get to bringing its sparkle back has been no classic, half vanilla, half cinnamon dolce,” one chai lover posted, with roughly 100 messages in response.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Moreover, he’s a chess-playing, gourmet cooking, crime fiction aficionado and jazz lover equally comfortable on the mean streets of East Daygo and in the lush life of La Jolla Farms estates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Little girl, your honesty and pluck have made me a friend, and that’s rarer than a lover; it’s more unselfish anyhow.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Soon the two were addressing each other with the informal “du” pronoun, as family and lovers do, instead of the formal “Sie”—a big deal for a single man and married woman in 1850s Germany.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Former lovers, they cannot conceal from themselves or each other the depth of their old attachment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Music lovers were surprised by the "unexpected" arrival of rapper Dizzee Rascal during a market town's folk festival.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The insider further revealed that the lovers spent 20 minutes exchanging their handwritten vows, and that they handed out custom handkerchiefs, embroidered with a “TT” and lyrics from Swift’s 2014 song “Blank Space.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
When the lovers had passed, she flew up to his shoulder and whispered, “The man just along there—watch....”
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
