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dalliance

[dal-ee-uhns, dal-yuhns] / ˈdæl i əns, ˈdæl jəns /




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Even if England fall short once again, this is now a team built to compete rather than enjoy a brief dalliance with success.

From BBC Jul. 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

Because the whole Musk empire is still reeling from that dalliance.

From Slate Nov. 9, 2025

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

Henry, though, has had dalliances with other baseball teams.

From BBC Nov. 29, 2023

After his tearful final game in 2019, Hernandez had dalliances with the Braves and Orioles but never made it past spring training.

From Seattle Times Aug. 12, 2023

The fairy-tale moment did not endure, and by the time the couple’s emotional complexities had spilled over into lurid tabloid coverage of their estrangement and dalliances, the queen confronted a remarkable challenge.

From New York Times Sep. 8, 2022

We scurry about, in and out of our flat buildings, occupied with our flat businesses and dalliances.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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