bonhomie
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I prefer transactions with no veneer of bonhomie or friendship, no wine bottle on the kitchen counter with a note: “We hope you enjoy the place as much as we do.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
The former high school hero is still coasting on his charisma and only starting to realize how little he’ll have once he loses his looks and life-of-the-party bonhomie.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025
But such information would only have puzzled Trump and complicated the shamrock bonhomie, and Vance — a Roman Catholic convert, after all — beamed in silence from the sofa.
From Salon • Mar. 16, 2025
In his small office along a bustling Agra street, Siraj Qureshi, a local journalist and interfaith organiser, laments the fraying of the old bonhomie between Hindus and Muslims.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2024
So now, to prove he was happy, here he was, trying to sparkle with bonhomie.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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