dalliance
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After a failed first marriage and a dalliance with Barbara Stanwyck, he married a charming widow, Lucille “Lu” Reyburn, who adored him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield went along and reflects on getting swept up in the Dion dalliance that French fans are calling "the biggest comeback since Charles de Gaulle".
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
But the dalliance frayed after widespread antigovernment protests in 2011 drew the Kremlin’s attention to the reach of blogs and social-media platforms that opposition leaders like Alexei Navalny used to rally supporters and expose corruption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
It turned out to be nothing but a brief dalliance for the couple, who struggled with the area’s punishing heat.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
Again my hope for a storybook dalliance was thwarted by the fact that the stream was only about six inches deep.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
And in any case, this piece is engaging quite specifically with that songwriting, not with her celebrity dalliances.
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2024
Sternhagen had her own dalliances with Pinter, having performed in two notable short plays in 1964, “The Room” and “A Slight Ache.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
Henry, though, has had dalliances with other baseball teams.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2023
Bayard shows how Jackie gamely shouldered Jack’s boisterous family, stratospheric ambitions, health problems and dalliances.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2022
She teases Faris and Dex and the others about their dalliances, but not me.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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The Downstairs Girl
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