trysts

plural of tryst
as in rendezvous
an agreement to be present at a specified time and place both lovers had to hurry to keep their noontime tryst in the park

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Recent Examples of trysts If the first four episodes of Bridgerton’s swoon-worthy fourth season were about desperate, hungry yearning, then the final four were more about, er, consummation—complete with secret trysts, steaming hot baths, false identities, and genuinely big shocks. Radhika Seth, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2026 Yet despite the growing global consensus that all trysts should start on the opposite sides of a hockey puck, most real-life skating entanglements occur between athletes on the same team. Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 3 Feb. 2026 Many stumble into their digital trysts accidentally after playing around with AI. Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026 Alice, who often visited Charlotte's resting place, also knew about Jack and Rachel's secret trysts near the graveyard. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026 Two streetlamps engaged in a mute but luminous dialogue, an indecipherable Morse code, alluding to the silent exchanges and secret ciphers of strangers who meet there for their trysts. Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026 In DaCosta’s vision, Tessa Thompson dives in as Hedda, a woman in 1950s London trapped within the constraints of society who, in one fateful night amid a swirl of scandal, trysts and jealousy at an opulent party, decides to take it all down. Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025 But after the birth of their three children, their passionate trysts are eventually exchanged for lonely moments miles apart. Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025 Love motels are common throughout Brazil, with rooms available by the hour often booked for romantic trysts. Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
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Noun
  • After the Opry rendezvous, Miller and Mascis headed over to Nashville hot spot the Vinyl Tap for an unplanned Neil Young tribute on the bar-slash-record shop’s small stage.
    Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 24 Aug. 2026
  • This intimate rendezvous of volunteers was part of Florida’s efforts the last couple years to update its science standards.
    Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The viral beverage is based on a traditional Chinese tea recipe made with jujube dates and ginger.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
  • For his part, Breen says that both dates are false and that the yearbook picture (which bears a striking resemblance to him) is a different person.
    Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The State Department has not released the new training materials, explained what officers are being instructed to do differently or said why appointments had to be postponed while the training was conducted.
    María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Professors are shifting a share of their appointments — not just time but funding — into the major.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Men who trick their wives into outside romantic assignations ultimately need to be taught a lesson, and Diego de la Vega is no exception.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026
  • At a lawn party devoted to the game of cornhole, Clark flirts with Floyd’s wife and the two soon begin an affair, meeting for afternoon assignations at the local Quality Garden Suites.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026

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“Trysts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trysts. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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