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affair

[uh-fair] / əˈfɛər /




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Yet for as long as America’s love affair with baseball has lasted, the sport’s practitioners knew shockingly little about how the game was truly played for most of that time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

After Gonzales admitted to the affair last month, Congress took a two-week break.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

When news initially broke of Gonzales’ alleged affair, the congressman claimed that he was the victim of an extortion plot.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

Now, I also host a book club of my own, the Audacious Book Club — a sprawling affair I run through my newsletter.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

In 1798, he commissioned James Callender, a notorious scandalmonger who had recently broken the story on Hamilton’s adulterous affair with Maria Reynolds, to write a libelous attack on Adams.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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