puppy love

noun

Definition of puppy lovenext
as in calf-love

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Recent Examples of puppy love 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 Fans watched the couple go from puppy love to the real deal when Cory proposed during the show’s May 1998 season 5 finale. — Angela Andaloro, People.com, 25 July 2025 Lyrically, this song is pretty simple, but the complexity of the musical arrangement elevates it to something more than just a ditty about teenage puppy love. — James Folta, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for puppy love
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  1. flirtation
  2. entanglement
Noun
  • The intuitive Moon conjoins sensual Venus in your 5th House of Creativity, inviting pleasure, art, flirtation, or play back into your day.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
  • But even the attention the Bears’ flirtation with Hammond has brought to the city is paying off, McDermott said.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026
Definition of flirtation
Noun
  • Quantum entanglement is a phenomenon in which two or more particles become connected.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
  • Sadoski plays Chef Luca, a brilliant but self-destructive superstar chef whose personal entanglements and rock-star antics threaten to derail his high-end restaurant residency at The Roman.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 July 2026
Definition of entanglement

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