sweetheart
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Steven, now 35 and married to his high school sweetheart with a toddler, is a partner at Arena Capital, a small real-estate private-equity firm that invests in the Hudson Valley.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Born Mary Jo Campbell on July 26, 1934, MJ married her high school sweetheart, whom she divorced two months later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
He married his college sweetheart, with whom he would have triplet sons, and joined Exxon as a research engineer in Tulsa, Okla., in 1963.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Grande was previously married to real estate agent Dalton Gomez, while Slater had been married to psychologist Lilly Jay, his high-school sweetheart with whom he shares a child.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
“Don’t worry about the car, sweetheart, that’s not what we want to talk to you about.”
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
She said she and Fox were "childhood sweethearts" who were planning to get married, which happened while he was in a coma in hospital.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
People also meet their sweethearts in college or at jobs that require similar qualifications.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 14, 2026
"It's here that we still meet our sweethearts, that we swap our numbers scribbled on little bits of paper," says fisherman Paulin Agbokounou.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
A family of country music sweethearts is adding another idol to the list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2024
“Well, why wouldn’t she have a whole bunch of swains and sweethearts lined up for her all the way back to the windpump?”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
