affair
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The Art + Film Gala is also a high-fashion affair: This year, Gucci is the presenting sponsor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
He believes she was dragged, unwittingly, into the whole affair.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Reading it, Barr learns two things: First, that before her illness Dava carried on a lengthy love affair with a woman named Svetlana.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Several Turkish media sites said Kaya had given back the money she made, and has not yet been detained over the affair.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
But the Dreyfus affair revealed a real danger hidden by the word science.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
But Xochitl Hinojosa, a former director of public affairs at the Justice Department, criticized the timing of the search.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
This unusual state of affairs has given rise to what economists call a “low-hire, low-fire” labor market.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
On the other hand, the projection of American might into the affairs of another country, while hardly unprecedented, gave many experts pause.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Staff working in news would argue it was the current affairs side of the operation that previously let the organisation down.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
My love of history and politics and world affairs was not.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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