love affair

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Recent Examples of love affair During his stint in the hospital, Lowenthal summed up his decades-long love affair with Haiti and the country’s hold on him. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2025 Anchored by the poignant tale of her love affair with Robert Mapplethorpe, Smith’s story is an estimably mind-blowing response to the bottomless task of capturing why young and beautiful people do their relentless best in a little place called New York City. Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025 Scott says Melody and Rusty's love affair was the world's worst kept secret. Susan Mallie, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2025 The remaining episodes feel even more frenzied than the previous ones and introduce random characters, unconvincing love affairs (past and present) and storylines that appear out of nowhere. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for love affair
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Noun
  • Sweeten it to your liking with dates, maple syrup, or not at all.
    Laura Mclively, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
  • That's quite a compliment from the King of Horror, a man not known to keep mum if an adaptation of one of his works is not to his liking.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • That elite quintet consisted of domestic policy advisor Bruce Reed, chief strategist Mike Donilon, legislative affairs guru Steve Ricchetti and chief of staff Ron Klain, each of whom had deep ties to Biden.
    Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
  • The Yankees’ reliever put himself in the jam, walking Luis Torrens, allowing a Brett Baty single and hitting Tyrone Taylor with a pitch before Lindor provided the winning run in a back-and-forth affair.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Hot One: The Celebrity Traitors UK cast finally got its official unveiling, with the likes of Ted Lasso‘s Nick Mohammed, Stephen Fry and Line of Duty‘s Mark Bonnar among the Machiavellian gang.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 May 2025
  • Based on the 2004 novel by Charlie Huston (who also adapted the screenplay), the story is full of weird incidents and flaky characters portrayed by the likes of Zoë Kravitz, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Regina King and Bad Bunny.
    Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • There are also some celebrity vectors: Rosalía is in attendance, as are her former brief flings Hunter Schafer and Jeremy Allen White.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 6 May 2025
  • Though his kids weren’t mature enough to accept their fling, the lake house shooting helps put things into perspective for everyone, and mends the rift that had formed between Eli and Lori.
    Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • This cross-cultural romance, about a single father who works as an auto mechanic and a British Indian drag queen, stars Ben Hardy (Bohemian Rhapsody) and Jason Patel.
    Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
  • Her new boss, William, also happens to be a total stud, and his presence transforms Castillo’s flinty satire of the tech industry into a sultry romance novel.
    The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Comments beneath the post were sincere and heartfelt, with over 18,000 people sharing their love for the lab and thanking her family for brightening their days.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 26 May 2025
  • With umbrellas tossed aside and spirits soaring, what could have been a disaster became a celebration of love and spontaneity.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • The 2023 update has brought some clarity and projects like Artemis which specifically aim to develop autonomous weapons suggest there is now an appetite to push forward in this area.
    David Hambling, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Work up an appetite with a bike ride to the Hemingway Home and Museum, at 907 Whitehead St.; or Truman’s Little White House, at 111 Front St.; or to Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park off the harbor for a tour and a lounge on the beach.
    Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel, 16 May 2025

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“Love affair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/love%20affair. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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