affaire

Example Sentences

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“La vérité sur cette affaire est cruelle,” he said—“the truth is cruel.”

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

Les avocats de Novak Djokovic ont fait parvenir un document de 35 pages au tribunal fédéral australien qui jugera son affaire lundi.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2022

En 2007, un tribunal donna raison à Mme Bazzini, une affaire décrite par Jules B. Farber dans le livre “James Baldwin: Escape From America, Exile in Provence.”

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2017

The startling turnaround in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affaire has nothing to do with what happened May 14 in the now famous Sofitel hotel room 2806.

From Time • Jul. 2, 2011

He jumped up, pointed to the page, and cried out, "Voila mon affaire!"

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew