as in affair
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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Audio amour From animal encounters to Chance Encounters, CNN Travel’s hit series about love and friendship is now a new CNN podcast.
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
Venus in Aries is a force to be reckoned with regarding both matters of amour and of money.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2025
More poignant is the revelation that, despite being the writer of dozens of anthemic love songs, Warren has no great amour of her own.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Modern yet infused with traditional design codes like tailoring, Moore’s look was augmented by her mon amour pumps by Aquazzura.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
Venus in Aries is a force to be reckoned with regarding both matters of amour and of money.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2025
More poignant is the revelation that, despite being the writer of dozens of anthemic love songs, Warren has no great amour of her own.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Modern yet infused with traditional design codes like tailoring, Moore’s look was augmented by her mon amour pumps by Aquazzura.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amour
Noun
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Still, Chad and Lori had an immediate attraction to each other and began having an affair.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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Meanwhile, a committee of Palestinian technocrats nominated to govern Gaza’s day-to-day affairs have yet to enter the enclave, said people close to the committee.—
Matt Bradley,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
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Filming a Nicolas Winding Refn movie while talking through your Club Kid romance from afar must have been interesting.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2026
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Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi star as childhood pals turned hot and bothered frenemies having quite the torrid love affair as adults in a sumptuous and quite haughty bad romance.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Julia Fox channeled spring fling queen energy and vintage vibes in Betsey Johnson for the 2026 Accessories Council Excellence Awards on Tuesday night in New York City.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
6 May 2026
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Some other royal biographers believe Elizabeth also cheated, perhaps in response to Philip’s flings.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
2 May 2026
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“Amour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amour. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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