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Recent Examples of infatuationAmid the coming-out balls, proposals and a whopper of a divorce scandal, a more insidious theme emerged: the rise of fascism in Europe, and two of the sisters’ infatuation with it.—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 June 2025 There had been rumors of the front office and coaching staff's infatuation with the quarterback prior to draft night and leadership has done nothing to hide those feelings post-selection.—Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025 But in the backdrop of a continually waging war, Isabel’s anger toward Eva eventually turns to a personal discovery and infatuation.—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 13 June 2025 My childhood reactions to television, sugar, praise, mood-altering chemicals, and, yes, romantic infatuation were epiphanic.—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for infatuation
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crush
Noun
The source also said that the two have a very cordial relationship, but have tiny crushes on each other.
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Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
19 July 2025
As captured in videos on social media, chaos broke out when a line of people using an escalator at the station started to rush down the steps after hearing screaming, resulting in a dangerous crowd crush.
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