as in sweethearts
a person with whom one is in love
I'm so glad you're home, hon
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Michael Cincinati and Amanda Price were high school sweethearts.
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Katie and Devin’s pregnancy announcement came less than a year after the high school sweethearts tied the knot in July 2025.
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Outside of the hospital, Emmy darlings Julianne Nicholson and Allison Janney should score nominations for their work on Paradise and The Diplomat, respectively.
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That changed on Monday, when Cape Verde and its 40-year-old goalkeeper Vozinha became early darlings of the World Cup after holding European champion Spain, one of the tournament favorites, to a scoreless draw in their opening match.
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May these two sweeties never travel to Russia ever again.
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In the aftermath of her husband’s death, Hollis decides to host a weekend on Nantucket with girlfriends from different eras of her life (played by stars Regina Hall, Chloë Sevigny, D'Arcy Carden and Gemma Chan).
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On June 6, Bunnie posted another video of herself enjoying the serene outdoors with some girlfriends.
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By the 1990s, the rule book was hundreds of pages long, with lines as specific as which fork to use at dinner and directives to not speak about boyfriends in front of fans, according to Texas Monthly's podcast America's Girls.
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By the time of Spencer’s conviction, arrests and prosecutions of such cases had nearly doubled and judges would no longer routinely grant bail to husbands or boyfriends who have been arrested.
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“Hons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hons. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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