affaire

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She was again named best supporting actress in 1982 and best actress the following year for Une étrange affaire and La Balance.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

If a non-affaire affaire can elicit this degree of discontent, people are already deeply unhappy, looking for a reason to vent.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 2, 2018

The startling turnaround in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affaire has nothing to do with what happened May 14 in the now famous Sofitel hotel room 2806.

From Time • Jul. 2, 2011

L'amour was the great business of his life, and he could not be content unless he had on hand what he called une affaire du cœur.

From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 by Stephens, John Lloyd

For an account of the final outcome of this affaire du cour the reader is now referred to the most ludicrous letter Mr. Lincoln ever wrote.

From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life by Herndon, William H.