affair
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Meanwhile, their home shirt is a rather muted affair.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
Its premiere in Los Angeles -- the adopted home of the "Billie Jean" performer -- also became a family affair, led by the film's star and icon's nephew Jaafar Jackson.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
I really did have a great rapport with them, and they would pull on my beard, and we really had a wonderful love affair.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
When news initially broke of Gonzales’ alleged affair, the congressman claimed that he was the victim of an extortion plot.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
In 1798, he commissioned James Callender, a notorious scandalmonger who had recently broken the story on Hamilton’s adulterous affair with Maria Reynolds, to write a libelous attack on Adams.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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