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amour

[uh-moor] / əˈmʊər /


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Stripping away the amour propre of a nuclear-armed potentate is a dangerous business.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 18, 2025

The charge-sheet said that after the couple received the car, Mrs Menendez texted her husband to say: "Congratulations mon amour de la vie, we are the proud owners of a 2019 Mercedes."

From BBC Sep. 25, 2023

“Congratulations mon amour de la vie, we are the proud owners of a 2019 Mercedes,” Nadine Menendez texted her husband, along with a heart emoji.

From Washington Times Sep. 22, 2023

"Happy birthday, Sophie. From this, to this, and everything in between, there’s no one I’d rather have by my side… I love you, mon amour."

From Reuters Aug. 2, 2023

It was his belief that the countess was the illegitimate offspring of a royal amour.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de

The music you hear is contemporary with Irène's life, so Charles Trenet's song "Que reste-e-il de nos amours?" is one he wrote prior to 1942, so it would be contemporary.

From Salon Feb. 17, 2023

If the forensically brilliant and hard-minded Trevor-Roper had fallen for him, why not Peters’s many amours?

From New York Times Feb. 14, 2020

When asked how long she plans to avoid amours, Milano replied that she didn’t know.

From Washington Post May 15, 2019

Miserable about the way his romantic life has turned out, Duncan takes us through the story of all his former amours, a string of rather gorgeous women, including Jane March and Naomie Harris.

From The Guardian Mar. 18, 2010

The amours of Zeus, then, are probably traceable to the common habit of deriving noble descents from a god, and in the genealogical narrative older totemistic and other local myths found a place.**

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew




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