love affair

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Recent Examples of love affair Gene Hackman had a decades-long love affair with the city of Santa Fe, N.M., where he was found dead on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025 Approval of Congress has jumped in the past when one party controls the White House and both chambers, according to public opinion experts, but the love affair rarely lasts. Annie Karni, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025 The most significant market not at No. 1 was the UK where Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is having a love affair with audiences. Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025 Early attempts that fell short reveal that most cellular love affairs are unsuccessful. Molly Herring, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for love affair
Recent Examples of Synonyms for love affair
Noun
  • Through the central screen there’s a number of ways to tailor the driving experience to your liking, including the level of regenerative braking.
    Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The sandwich, which hit restaurants on March 17, is available in original, spicy and grilled, and comes with the fixings customers love including, juicy chicken (cooked to your liking), crispy bacon tossed in brown sugar and black pepper blend, Colby Jack cheese, lettuce, and a smoky BBQ sauce.
    Moná Thomas, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • While it wasn’t publicly acknowledged, the little girl was the product of an affair between Ruth and a woman named Juanita Jennings.
    Alex Gurley, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • To Draft Women Into the Military Amid Greenland, Russia Tensions Europe Split on Defense Plan Amid Russia Threat Greenland governs its own domestic affairs, but Copenhagen decides on foreign and defense policy.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Wolves have repeatedly thrashed the likes of Denver and Phoenix this season, and looked like title contenders in the process.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2025
  • In the 2010s, the rapper appeared on tracks alongside the likes of Waka Flocka Flame, Lil Wayne, Chief Keef, Mike Will Made-It, Childish Gambino, Akon, and Offset.
    EW.com, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There were little flings and hookups and attachments amid all of this, and the fibre of daily living, and the constants in my life which served as the filling in between.
    Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Sure, Coop is in her 20s and capable of making her own romantic decisions… but a power imbalance is a power imbalance, and even a student-professor fling that seems mutual won’t shake out evenly in the end, especially when said student is rebounding from a long-term love.
    Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This preference is more popular amongst Millennials (67%) compared to Boomers (37%).
    Gary Drenik, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • That preference was on display in August last year, when the KMT’s Hsia visited China amid lingering tensions over Pelosi’s visit.
    Bloomberg.com, Bloomberg.com, 7 Feb. 2023
Noun
  • These Celebrity Pets Have Their Own Instagram Accounts — And Some Have Over 500K Followers Neither Flay nor Williamson have publicly commented on the romance.
    Emily Rella, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The romance between Heigl’s Izzie and Morgan’s Denny in Season 2 bolstered the show’s popularity and powered Heigl to an Emmy win.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The love letter was secreted in cardboard stuffing inside the new pair of argyle socks, which a Manhattan Supreme Court officer passed on to Mangione from his defense team ahead of his Feb. 21 court appearance.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The pair have been increasingly open about their relationship ever since their engagement, and now fans are wondering whether starting a family might be the next chapter in their love story.
    Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In their effort to mimic real meat, these companies have left consumers perplexed and without appetite.
    Clara Ludmir, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • At the same time, the same White House’s chaotic trade policy is undermining financial markets’ appetite for risk, leaving bitcoin in limbo, more than 20% off from its record high in January.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Love affair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/love%20affair. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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