affair

Example Sentences

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Sunday's emergency meeting in Brussels of EU ambassadors was a discreet affair, unlike the routine top level summits where the traffic stops, roads are closed and leaders stream towards the cameras to deliver their thoughts.

From BBC

Rosindell said he had joined the Conservative Party when he was 14, and he was shadow minister for foreign affairs before his resignation.

From BBC

They are expected to pass a resolution elevating foreign affairs to a "core" national function, alongside national defence and internal security.

From Barron's

The memo advised those seeking further clarity to contact the department’s risk management and legal affairs division.

From Los Angeles Times

But then he enacts the scene in which Iago subtly poisons Othello’s mind into believing that his wife is having an affair with a handsome lieutenant.

From Los Angeles Times