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“We didn’t keep that,” she said, “but I loved learning what Lydia would do if she could. ‘Eyes forward dears, we are not sitting comfortably in a class room.’”

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

I would think to myself, Oh, my dears, if you could only see who you are speaking to and how hard they work.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2024

By ingesting the chirpy little dears, Bergenkind seeks to internalize the little guys’ sunny joyfulness.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2016

Whatever competition it was, she would just pat us on the shoulders before we went on the ice and when we came off she would say, 'Well done, dears.'

From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2011

“You poor dears, one guardian carried off in the night, the other reduced to poultry.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull