affair
Example Sentences
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The whole affair was tawdry, shabby, and cheap—designed to pander to downwardly mobile young men who felt angry at the world.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
But, speaking before a Senate committee on Tuesday, Darmanin said resources were not the problem in the Lyhanna affair.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
What we have now is a shallow affair and it’s not fair to you that the charade continue.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Ms. Arno treats the affair with tact, showing how persecution and paranoia can become entangled without becoming identical.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
But the conflict within the American revolutionary generation remained a passionate yet bloodless affair in which the energies released by national independence did not devour its own children.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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