affair
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Although his life has turned into a globe-trotting affair, Calva’s permanent residence remains in Mexico City.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
But their apparent domestic paradise was thrown into disarray when Betty began to suspect her husband was having an affair with his younger office assistant, Linda Kolkena.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
All will take to the stage for a nationally televised debate on CNN on Tuesday evening, expected to be a rowdy affair.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
Then, in the spring of 1995, a whole other thing happened: A local man, Steve Walker, alerted Raynella Leath that his ex-wife had an affair with Ed Dossett while he was alive.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Then he ran over to another machine, a small shiny affair that kept going phut-phut-phut-phut-phut, and every time it went phut, a large green marble dropped out of it into a basket on the floor.
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
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