as in puppy love
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Dog owner Keryn Hanifan, 28, of South Shore, Massachusetts, shared the sweet clip on TikTok (@kerynhanifan) to highlight what an amazing difference a little puppy love can make.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025 -
There will be no puppy love for Ghislaine Maxwell at her new home.—
Rich Schapiro,
NBC news,
6 Aug. 2025
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His flirtation with slide guitar in the late 1970s and ’80s was mediocre at best.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
12 Jan. 2026
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Their clashing and differing personalities prove to be a source of flirtation, which any Capricorn can see by reading between the lines.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Establishing a rare closeness of the finishing-each-other’s-sentences kind, the duo truly embrace the immersive feeling of being one half of that singular, irreplaceably defining friendship of the teen years, one that often feels like a high-stakes romantic entanglement.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2026
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Contracts, loan agreements, and other financial entanglements could be the focal point of such discussions.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Calf-love.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calf-love. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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