first love

noun

: the first person one loves in a romantic way
You never forget your first love.

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Jung’s character, her real first love, unexpectedly crosses her path and to protect her spins a lie that could cost their lives. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 14 May 2025 The young adult novel follows a high school girl navigating her first love and first time. Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 11 May 2025 Bronte worked as a shopgirl at Mooney’s bookshop while Joe was restoring it (a throwback to season 1) and seemingly fell in love with him while trying to expose him for the murder of Beck, the first love interest and obsession of Joe’s from that season. Charley Ross, Glamour, 25 Apr. 2025 Pankow plays Scotty Landry, who was Kenna’s first love and her daughter’s late father. Angelique Jackson, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for first love

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“First love.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20love. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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