as in lovers
literary
a person with whom someone is having a romantic or sexual relationship and especially a secret or improper relationship
Her husband found a love letter from her paramour.
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And for coffee lovers, the Barista Touch espresso machine delivers café-quality drinks with the tap of a finger.—
Melissa Knific,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
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That means this fall’s Diet Coke run is a must-grab moment for flavor lovers, retro enthusiasts and anyone who appreciates a good soda throwback.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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Signs in the audience spoke of ex-boyfriends, dead sisters and a mom whose three-month-old son recently passed away.—
Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
24 Sep. 2025
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Jared Padalecki and Matt Czuchry, who both played Rory’s boyfriends on Gilmore Girls, team up in a new campaign for the brand.—
Erin Clements,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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Both ex-girlfriends of Combs accepted gifts, rent payments and luxurious vacations from Combs over their years with him and at times, participated in the planning of freak-offs.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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Then, in September 2016, another one of Yust’s former girlfriends, 21-year-old Jessica Runions, was reported missing.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
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The clip captures her husbands efforts at trying to get their toddler, Alicia, toilet trained.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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In addition to her, around six other IDF widows are pursuing parenthood using sperm retrieved from their deceased husbands.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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What is perhaps surprising is that some parents and soon-to-be parents cling so tightly to old wives tales in the face of so much technological advancement.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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Your favorite doctors and doctors’ wives are on call in Vegas with the perfect prescription of honesty, humor and heady shade.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Paramours.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paramours. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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