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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Justin White, vice president of student affairs and strategic initiatives, told the college's board of trustees this month the college is enrolling a record number of high school students in concurrent credit courses.—
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The archivist handed him a heavy file—or legajo—labeled 377, from a section dealing with Caribbean affairs.—
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28 Jan. 2026
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Like the heterosexual stories from the 1980s studied by Radway, MM romances are usually written by women, marketed towards women, and read by women.—
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22 Jan. 2026
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The Lost Tapes grants viewers a glimpse into that life through Taylor’s candid reflections on it all—the romances, the tragedies, the opulence, and the scandals.—
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21 Jan. 2026
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The haphazard plot twists itself into knots to include Jeremy Pope’s unfortunately eponymous character, before moving on to far shorter flings with equally monotonous cast members.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
21 Jan. 2026
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Skarsgård played one of Donna’s former flings, Bill, in both films.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
17 Jan. 2026
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“Amours.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amours. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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