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 was a top of the line up hitter with a humble attitude in the 3 years he played against him. Rest in Peace sweetheart and endless prayers for his family.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Haaland's girlfriend is childhood sweetheart Isabel Haugseng Johansen.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
“That’s okay, sweetheart, I’ll do it,” Mom said.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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
“Apples float, and as the girls’ potential sweethearts ducked to catch the fruit with their teeth, future couplings were determined — or foretold.”
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025
Everyone was surprised, because they had been childhood sweethearts, as the expression goes.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
