as in affaire
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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The result is at once a ghost story, a tale of amour fou, a settling of accounts, and, one senses, a deeply personal act of expiation.
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Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
The movie doesn’t want to be a four-alarm funeral pyre but a tragic romance, presenting Amy through the prism of the amour fou that put her into a tailspin and fueled her triple-platinum second album.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
Eileen has been, up to this point, a bruised slice-of-life drama, a dingy-retro period piece, and possibly a romance just waiting to rev its amour fou engine.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2023
Perhaps for the harder hit amour, in the U.K., supermarket chain Asda — previously owned by Walmart WMT -0.1% — has launched a $1.24 (that’s £1) engagement ring as part of its George Home collection, which is available to buy in its stores and online.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
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Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
The movie doesn’t want to be a four-alarm funeral pyre but a tragic romance, presenting Amy through the prism of the amour fou that put her into a tailspin and fueled her triple-platinum second album.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
Eileen has been, up to this point, a bruised slice-of-life drama, a dingy-retro period piece, and possibly a romance just waiting to rev its amour fou engine.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2023
Perhaps for the harder hit amour, in the U.K., supermarket chain Asda — previously owned by Walmart WMT -0.1% — has launched a $1.24 (that’s £1) engagement ring as part of its George Home collection, which is available to buy in its stores and online.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amour
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Trump's comments follow a string of legal wins for Harvard's leaders, who vowed in April to fight back against what many onlookers in higher education have described as unprecedented interference by the federal government in a campus's affairs.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
21 June 2025
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The city’s immigrant affairs office is currently a lean two-person team, with Aragon and a language access coordinator.—
Julia Wick,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2025
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Meanwhile, Detective Michelle Calderone (Smollett) opened up to her past fling and colleague about having framed a person of interest for the fires.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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The fashion, the friendships, and the flings are all as integral to the new series as the old one, and the first two seasons leaned heavily on nostalgia to keep audiences hooked.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
28 May 2025
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Will Belly choose to keep her romance with Jeremiah going, or will Conrad find his way back to her heart — perhaps where he’s been all along?—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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What Will Happen in Love Island USA 2025? Love Island USA 2025 will follow the same format as previous seasons, with singles traveling to Fiji for a summer of romance and a chance at finding their one true love.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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“Amour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amour. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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