amour
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Stripping away the amour propre of a nuclear-armed potentate is a dangerous business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
“Congratulations mon amour de la vie,” she wrote to Menendez, according to the indictment.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
The charge-sheet said that after the couple received the car, Mrs Menendez texted her husband to say: "Congratulations mon amour de la vie, we are the proud owners of a 2019 Mercedes."
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2023
“Congratulations mon amour de la vie, we are the proud owners of a 2019 Mercedes,” Nadine Menendez texted her husband, along with a heart emoji.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
A weighty secret oppressed her constantly, her inexperienced amour propre came forward and receded incessantly, but her whole being sought the truth.
From Annouchka A Tale by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
The music you hear is contemporary with Irène's life, so Charles Trenet's song "Que reste-e-il de nos amours?" is one he wrote prior to 1942, so it would be contemporary.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2023
When asked how long she plans to avoid amours, Milano replied that she didn’t know.
From Washington Post ● May 15, 2019
Their amours are aided by the mischief of friends and kin — Reed Diamond’s Don Pedro is especially fine — who recognize the desire lurking behind the anti-couple’s ostentatious contempt for each other.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2013
Miserable about the way his romantic life has turned out, Duncan takes us through the story of all his former amours, a string of rather gorgeous women, including Jane March and Naomie Harris.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2010
This allusion to the amours of Louis XIV was speedily carried to the despot's ears.
From The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch by Eug?ne Sue
