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valentine

[val-uhn-tahyn] / ˈvæl ənˌtaɪn /






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Instead, a good 50% of the tracks retreat to safer ground - slowly strummed songs of devotion, packed with valentine card sentiments.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2025

As Violet gathers the courage to give it to her, the valentine ends up trampled in the snow.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2025

Director Stephen Soucy’s valentine of a documentary “Merchant Ivory” recounts their remarkable partnership as well as individual moments in their lives and careers.

From Salon Aug. 30, 2024

The production design, like a montage of greeting cards come to life, celebrated valentine passion, anniversary tenderness and golden sympathy, releasing flocks of trained geese into a technicolor sunset to symbolize lifelong pair bonding.

From New York Times Mar. 14, 2024

“And he does show up from time to time. Once with a valentine he’d made out of shells.”

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

Feb. 14 was just a few days away, so the first action Rickman and other students took was delivering hundreds of valentines to the governor, expressing their support for university employees.

From Slate Feb. 19, 2025

Americans do spend a lot on their valentines.

From Seattle Times Feb. 14, 2024

Its tone is admiring — as the series title implies, “American Masters” documentaries tend to be valentines, and there are more supporters than critics onscreen here.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2023

Films about filmmakers, especially in recent years, tend to lean into self-congratulation — misty-eyed valentines to the magic of moviemaking, and to the noble if flawed souls who strive to put their art onscreen.

From New York Times Apr. 28, 2023

It has to be, or else why would you have kept making valentines, even after BrettBradBrandon called you a loser?

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy




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