as in crush
a strong but often short-lived liking for another person had a brief infatuation with the captain of the ski team

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Recent Examples of infatuation The infatuations of late elementary school solidified into something different, something more intense. Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 21 June 2025 Her lonely, unrequited infatuation will drive her to dangerous, desperate acts. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 June 2025 In fact, research shows that romantic love without the obsessive intensity of early infatuation is not only possible in long-term relationships, but strongly associated with marital satisfaction, well-being and self-esteem. Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025 Influential celebrities like Pamela Anderson and Kate Moss ended up wearing white sneakers casually throughout the ‘90s, with new companies and styles cropping up to satisfy the growing thirst for this versatile footwear — timeless enough to successfully transcend brief cultural infatuations. Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for infatuation
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crush
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  • The source also said that the two have a very cordial relationship, but have tiny crushes on each other.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 19 July 2025
  • As captured in videos on social media, chaos broke out when a line of people using an escalator at the station started to rush down the steps after hearing screaming, resulting in a dangerous crowd crush.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 July 2025

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“Infatuation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infatuation. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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