affair
Example Sentences
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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
But the fourth affair has lit a fuse leading to the highest reaches of the justice system.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 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
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was prosecuted over the affair after his first term, which ended in 2011, before being acquitted in 2021 over a lack of evidence.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Dinner was a somber affair, with Ophie and her mother eating warmed Heinz baked beans from a can.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
Vocabulary lists containing affair
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