affairs
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“The issue of family caregiving is something people are talking about more and more, given the cost and effort to keep loved ones at home,” said Megan Reilly, vice president of government affairs at AARP.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
For Cage, it’s a combination of its visual aesthetic and the moral ambiguity of the mysteries and illicit affairs in film noir that have made the genre endure among cinephiles.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer, said “doomers” peddling worst-case scenarios, lingering anger at social-media companies and negative media coverage have fueled poor sentiment in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Writing in Spanish daily publication El Mundo in 2024, Shakira, 49, compared the tax office investigations into her affairs to an "inquisition trial".
From BBC • May 18, 2026
The two valiant pilots of the 586th were sent gold watches through the Soviet minister of foreign affairs, said to be gifts from George VI, the king of England.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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