hearts

British

/ hɑːts /

noun

Also called: Black Maria. (functioning as singular) a card game in which players must avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades

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"Our hearts are with the terrified children and the families anxiously waiting to hear that their loved ones are safe," GIFFORDS, a gun safety organization, said on X.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Known to everyone as Sammi, they said she would be "remembered for the special place she held in the hearts of everyone who knew and loved her".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

“We’re learning as we go,” she said about the responsibility of shouldering these physical manifestations of people’s hearts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The same signal that tells a dating app which lonely hearts are within a mile of each other also runs the clocks that keep cellular networks and financial exchanges in step.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Suddenly, we were opening our hearts to each other.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

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