intimate
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The event appeared to be intimate, with a small group of family and friends throwing confetti as the couple walked down the stairs of the building hand-in-hand.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
That September, Netflix released a documentary, “Inside Bill’s Brain,” that offered a glowing, intimate look at his philanthropic second act.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Bombastic yet intimate, fantastical yet sensible, Colbert’s farewell to his Comedy Central audience and his conservative alter ego was about as lovely and loving as TV can be.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
And yet invisibility makes that power easier to expand because citizens stop feeling the intrusion even while the state acquires increasingly intimate access to ordinary life.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
Jennings later said of the two men, “He and Mr. Madison...were extremely intimate; in fact, two brothers could not have been more so.”
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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