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 Tenderness is often reserved for moments of isolation when the characters are reflecting on their trysts or their wants; rarely is that articulated between two people. Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026 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
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Noun
  • The mission was relatively short, just three days, and included two spacewalks, and what NASA calls the first orbital rendezvous and docking with an Agena target vehicle (the first in-space docking occurred three missions earlier on Gemini 8).
    Tariq Malik, Space.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • After a nine-minute ascent—which was filmed on board for TBS to broadcast—and a two-day rendezvous, the three crew members arrived at the Mir space station.
    Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026
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  • Singer-songwriter Aaron Rowe and Danish band Lukas Graham, who had been expected to support Sheeran on upcoming North American dates, both withdrew from the tour.
    Anna Tingley, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Charlie Puth has cancelled his upcoming Australian and New Zealand tour, scrapping a number of November arena dates first announced in April.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2026
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  • In every other Veronica Beard store globally, customers can work with store ambassadors for the customization process with follow up appointments in store to ensure fit.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Research generally suggests combining the methods delivers greater benefit than either alone, and boots can help maintain progress between MLD appointments.
    Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
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  • The terror and the beauty of Jordan and Gareth’s assignations are that both men stop being able to tell themselves apart.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • 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

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“Trysts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trysts. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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