Historical clue formulations

• Felt longing (for) — 2025-02-23
• Yearned (for) — 2024-01-30
• Loved from afar, say — 2023-03-22
• Intensely longed (for) — 2016-01-05
• Yearned (for) — 2015-06-22
• Yearned (for) — 2012-07-31
• Yearned — 2003-09-18
• Wished (for) — 2001-12-10
• Carried a torch (for) — 2000-12-17
• Long in the past? — 2000-08-13
• Missed, with "for" — 2000-03-19
• Carried a torch (for) — 1999-09-10
• Longed (for) — 1998-10-20
• Longed — 1997-09-02
• Yearned — 1997-03-07
• Ached (for) — 1997-02-19
• Had a yen — 1996-01-31
• Sighed (for) — 1994-05-09