tête-à-tête

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

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

“Freud’s Last Session” comes from the stage and, like “The Two Popes,” centers on the tête-à-tête of intellectual opposites.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

Yet time and her aunt moved slowly—and her patience and her ideas were nearly worn out before the tête-à-tête was over.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

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

"The Origin Of Love" remains one of the loveliest songs about romance recorded in the last two decades, while Mitchell and Trask, as Hedwig and Gnosis, provide perfect counterpoints for the film's musical tete-a-tete.

From Salon ● May 30, 2022

Are we reading too much into a three-second tete-a-tete?

From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2021

I hear Minou dialing, putting in a call to Doroteo, their goodnight tete-a-tete, catching up on all the little news of their separated hours.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

And it was during one of those tête-à-têtes that Infantino suggested the idea of a first annual Peace Prize.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

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

Smith will have to argue that scrutinizing those nasty tête-à-têtes would not infringe on executive authority.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024

Reading these searching, often hilarious tête-à-têtes is as effortless as eavesdropping on a crosstown bus.

From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2019

There were no more rides out with Maude; no more pleasant tête-à-têtes: all was smiles carefully iced, and he turned at last to Tom for an explanation.

From Lady Maude's Mania by George Manville Fenn