tête-à-tête
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While I was there, he had an hourlong tête-à-tête with his former chief rival, Petro Poroshenko.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
The film finally transitions from the emotional tête-à-tête to the genre piece that was promised, as Sam and Mary discover they’ve seen the same ghost: a horrifying red spectral vision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
For a few hours on Sunday, the United States and Colombia engaged in a full-blown economic tête-à-tête.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2025
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
I’d already turned into the aisle—one with fluffy animals and big boxed jigsaws—before I realised Ruth and Chrissie were standing together at the end of it, having some sort of tête-à-tête.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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
Are we reading too much into a three-second tete-a-tete?
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2021
A tete-a-tete with the RZA is a psychedelic experience.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2020
Our tete-a-tete is not following its usual course.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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
An extended couch of striking blue-green color allows for tête-à-têtes to be conducted at various degrees of intimacy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
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
What is difficult to believe, however, is that Davis would need coaching on her acting from Aldrich, as shown in one of these tête-à-têtes.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 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 Long, Helen Beecher
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