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
Some, ahem, “congratulations” are in order for Post Malone and his sweetheart Christy Lee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 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
Ashleigh Stanley did not bother with make-up when she tied the knot with childhood sweetheart Jake Stanley, 29, at Llanerch Vineyard in Hensol, Vale of Glamorgan.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
Because his sweetheart, who had died several years before, had played the flute, Thom was drawn toward the music and wondered who was behind it.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
They were, she said, "true childhood sweethearts, loving one another more and more with each passing day".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 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
Dusty and Ruby were adolescent sweethearts, but the audience doesn’t need to know the whole backstory to guess why they broke up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
“Listen, I’d better hurry up and start turning myself into adorable old Mother Paula. Can one of you sweethearts please fetch my suitcase out of the limo?”
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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