tête-à-tête
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While I was there, he had an hourlong tête-à-tête with his former chief rival, Petro Poroshenko.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
The "Call Her Daddy" conversation was not the contentious tête-à-tête the chattering class has come to expect after decades of cable news bloviating somehow came to represent meaningful political coverage.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2024
“Freud’s Last Session” comes from the stage and, like “The Two Popes,” centers on the tête-à-tête of intellectual opposites.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
So few of the specifics of their tête-à-tête with Altman have become public that it’s hard to assess who’s right.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2023
I’d already turned into the aisle—one with fluffy animals and big boxed jigsaws—before I realised Ruth and Chrissie were standing together at the end of it, having some sort of tête-à-tête.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping are due to meet then, and White House officials expect to make some modest announcements as part of the tete-a-tete, but fundamental differences in the relationship will remain unchanged.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
These seem to be specific for intended "tete-a-tete" conversations with their preferred pack members.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2023
Lula added he liked run-offs as they provide the opportunity for a "tete-a-tete debate."
From Reuters ● Sep. 9, 2022
Are we reading too much into a three-second tete-a-tete?
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2021
Our tete-a-tete is not following its usual course.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
So what could China’s leader and President Donald Trump achieve on AI in their tête-à-têtes on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
And it was during one of those tête-à-têtes that Infantino suggested the idea of a first annual Peace Prize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The tête-à-têtes between Ethan and Traveler should crackle, but they feel flat.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024
What is difficult to believe, however, is that Davis would need coaching on her acting from Aldrich, as shown in one of these tête-à-têtes.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2017
The furniture had been pushed back beneath the gallery where it was arranged in intimate little groups for future tête-à-têtes, except a few lounging chairs left on the black bear-skins by the chimney-piece.
From The Innocent Adventuress by Mary Hastings Bradley
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