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amours

noun

plural of amour

as in affairs

a brief romantic relationship in her memoirs the diva candidly recalls her amours with some of opera's best-known tenors and baritones

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Noun

City and county cultural affairs officials presented complementary efforts.

— Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach and current NBC Sports NFL analyst Mike Tomlin offered his perspective on what a players-only meeting can signal about a team’s state of affairs.

— Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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The elder sisters’ romances with good (George MacKay as Edward Ferrars) and bad men (Frank Dillane as John Willoughby).

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
Composed of 160 photographs taken across the past seven decades by 118 photographers, the show suggests the jobs, romances, family life, and lazy afternoons that could have been his.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026

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Before Harry and Markle were together, the royal was spotted with many girlfriends and brief flings over the years.

— Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 29 Aug. 2026
Puppy love and summer flings abound when Tom Holland's Peter Parker goes on a European vacation to spend quality time with his crush MJ (Zendaya) and instead gets thrown into a few international incidents.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2026

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