as in affaire
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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Recent Examples of amour
This is a tale of amour fou, in which lust tramples everything in its path – family, respectability, and ultimately sanity.
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Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2023
But now the amour for Roman seems to have stopped.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 22 May 2022
There’s no implied amour, no tittering innuendo.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2020
Luis Guzmán will play her amour Gomez.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2021
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Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2023
But now the amour for Roman seems to have stopped.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 22 May 2022
There’s no implied amour, no tittering innuendo.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2020
Luis Guzmán will play her amour Gomez.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amour
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The festive affair came after the mother of two was forced to cancel previous shows in Newark, New Jersey, Belmont Park, New York, and Pittsburgh due to the flu.DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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By the turn of the century, Hiller writes, these domestic workers headed elsewhere to earn their wages, leaving the housewives to tend to kitchen affairs.Michelle Mastro, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
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Helen insists her affair wasn’t part of the job or even a casual fling.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2024
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During solar storms, the sun flings charged particles into space.Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
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One especially potent line applies not just to Swift and Healy’s romance but to a generation of young people trapped in an overly nostalgic and referential culture and maybe a little deprived of real-life experience.Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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Abrams and Mescal have remained pretty private about their relationship, keeping their romance out of the spotlight — a decision the Normal People star recently explained in his cover story for GQ's November 2024 issue.Bailey Richards, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Amour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amour. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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