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Recent Examples of puppy love
There will be no puppy love for Ghislaine Maxwell at her new home.
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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
Khalifa was feeling the puppy love during his interview with Buzzfeed Celeb as he was peppered with questions about his career while the dogs nibbled on his Nike laces and icy chain.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2025
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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
Khalifa was feeling the puppy love during his interview with Buzzfeed Celeb as he was peppered with questions about his career while the dogs nibbled on his Nike laces and icy chain.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puppy love
Noun
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Starting over was first impossible, then daunting, and then slowly manifested through a combination of therapy and more spiritual remedies (brief flirtations with Scientology and the Nation of Islam didn’t take hold).—
Jackson Howard,
Pitchfork,
29 Mar. 2026
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The couple has been together long enough that their alternating fracas and flirtations have become a familiar rhythm.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The first year is particularly dangerous for whales due to a combination of factors, including boat strikes, entanglement in fishing gear, and ingesting plastic.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2026
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These days, sei whales are threatened by propeller strikes from seagoing vessels, entanglement in fishing gear, underwater noise from human activity and changing environmental conditions.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Puppy love.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puppy%20love. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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