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Recent Examples of infatuations
With complicated infatuations, these are leading characters of the Dallas Opera’s 2026-27 season.
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Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 24 Feb. 2026
There is a specific kind of yearning involved in having a crush, one that feels intense, yet is for the most part harmless fun; still, as people grow older the frequency of such infatuations often decreases.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 24 Feb. 2026
There is a specific kind of yearning involved in having a crush, one that feels intense, yet is for the most part harmless fun; still, as people grow older the frequency of such infatuations often decreases.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infatuations
Noun
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The actor partnered with Hint to create a gardening thirst trap video inspired by his character in the early 2000s show, reigniting online crushes.—
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
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The boys and girls wind up living across the hall from each other, and crushes and interpersonal drama bring them from frenemies to enemies and back again.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Teixeira’s surge into international reflects a sea-change on independent cinema finance and his own personal passions, Teixeira confessed at ECAM Forum.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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Pidgeon herself had also made that move to New York, working odd jobs in pursuit of her passions.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
10 June 2026
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“Infatuations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infatuations. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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