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In fact, that moment of puppy love made InStyle's list of best movie kisses of all time.—
Susan Spencer,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026 -
Queen Camilla showed a little puppy love with a designer accessory at a meaningful charity appearance on February 4.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
4 Feb. 2026
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Starting over was first impossible, then daunting, and then slowly manifested through a combination of therapy and more spiritual remedies (brief flirtations with Scientology and the Nation of Islam didn’t take hold).—
Jackson Howard,
Pitchfork,
29 Mar. 2026
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The couple has been together long enough that their alternating fracas and flirtations have become a familiar rhythm.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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The first year is particularly dangerous for whales due to a combination of factors, including boat strikes, entanglement in fishing gear, and ingesting plastic.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2026
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These days, sei whales are threatened by propeller strikes from seagoing vessels, entanglement in fishing gear, underwater noise from human activity and changing environmental conditions.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Calf-love.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calf-love. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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