tête-à-tête
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It is nothing short of a revelation, one in which we are invited to eavesdrop on a decadeslong tête-à-tête between the two masters as they discover, reinvent and refine their forms and materials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
The "Call Her Daddy" conversation was not the contentious tête-à-tête the chattering class has come to expect after decades of cable news bloviating somehow came to represent meaningful political coverage.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2024
“Freud’s Last Session” comes from the stage and, like “The Two Popes,” centers on the tête-à-tête of intellectual opposites.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
So few of the specifics of their tête-à-tête with Altman have become public that it’s hard to assess who’s right.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2023
Yet time and her aunt moved slowly—and her patience and her ideas were nearly worn out before the tête-à-tête was over.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping are due to meet then, and White House officials expect to make some modest announcements as part of the tete-a-tete, but fundamental differences in the relationship will remain unchanged.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
Lula added he liked run-offs as they provide the opportunity for a "tete-a-tete debate."
From Reuters ● Sep. 9, 2022
"The Origin Of Love" remains one of the loveliest songs about romance recorded in the last two decades, while Mitchell and Trask, as Hedwig and Gnosis, provide perfect counterpoints for the film's musical tete-a-tete.
From Salon ● May 30, 2022
In the garden, presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway huddled in a cozy tete-a-tete with Republican Rep. Mark Meadows, with Democratic Rep. Don Beyer just out of earshot.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2018
I hear Minou dialing, putting in a call to Doroteo, their goodnight tete-a-tete, catching up on all the little news of their separated hours.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
And it was during one of those tête-à-têtes that Infantino suggested the idea of a first annual Peace Prize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
In her company, Julian sheds most of his ego, engaging in intellectual tête-à-têtes about his past works and whether a forgery can ever really capture an artist’s intention and energy.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026
One of their most memorable tête-à-têtes onscreen occurs when Jacqueline, wearing a gray trench coat, has missed Marcus’s carefully curated romantic date.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
Robert often met with the Soviet agent in his office at DOJ; the FBI might have caught whiff of these tête-à-têtes, but the CIA was in the dark.
From Slate ● May 27, 2017
When he and Janice met as they did, of course, at church and occasionally at evening parties, the teacher and the girl were the very best of friends But tête-à-têtes were barred.
From Janice Day by Helen Beecher Long
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