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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

Even though Dr. Becky’s profiting off parents’ insecurities and anxieties still makes me uneasy, I’m glad for my brief dalliance with Good Inside.

From Slate May 10, 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 although the data can’t rule out a recent polyamory “fad” among the “ruling class,” the obsession with upper-class dalliances obscures a key fact: Most nonmonogamists aren’t rich and white.

From Slate May 5, 2024

But there are also brief interludes with Pierre Trudeau, Andre Agassi and Ryan O’Neal as well as some dalliances she struggles to remember.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 7, 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

Borsano's business would implode dramatically and his political dalliances couldn't shield him from arrest and prosecution.

From BBC Apr. 3, 2023

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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