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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Noun
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Breakfasts are leisurely continental affairs, with homemade medialunas and fantastic cut fruit.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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John Follmer is an Iraq war vet and an adviser to Los Angeles County on military and veterans affairs, who works with homeless vets on the tough streets of Los Angeles.—
Quil Lawrence,
NPR,
2 June 2026
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Netflix's 'Ransom Canyon' brings romance to Texas Similar shows are moving into the Texas turf.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Eight episodes later, millions of fans have watched their rocky romance become a happily ever after on the surprise Prime Video hit’s first season.—
Kenneal Patterson,
Vanity Fair,
29 May 2026
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During a brief period of separation from Blythe, Don had a fling with Dixie, resulting in the birth of his other son, Blue (Hunter McVey).—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
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Throughout this dense and always engrossing survey of Lean’s career in film, Thompson threads the vicissitudes of the director’s personal life, spanning six wives and various other relationships and flings.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2026
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“Amour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amour. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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