dalliance
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Even if England fall short once again, this is now a team built to compete rather than enjoy a brief dalliance with success.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
And in the small role of Bianca, with whom Cassio has a dalliance, the terrific Rebecca Ana Peña makes a fiery impression, savagely fighting back against Iago’s brutality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Even though Dr. Becky’s profiting off parents’ insecurities and anxieties still makes me uneasy, I’m glad for my brief dalliance with Good Inside.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
It turned out to be nothing but a brief dalliance for the couple, who struggled with the area’s punishing heat.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
Again my hope for a storybook dalliance was thwarted by the fact that the stream was only about six inches deep.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
And although the data can’t rule out a recent polyamory “fad” among the “ruling class,” the obsession with upper-class dalliances obscures a key fact: Most nonmonogamists aren’t rich and white.
From Slate ● May 5, 2024
Henry, though, has had dalliances with other baseball teams.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2023
But there are also brief interludes with Pierre Trudeau, Andre Agassi and Ryan O’Neal as well as some dalliances she struggles to remember.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
After his tearful final game in 2019, Hernandez had dalliances with the Braves and Orioles but never made it past spring training.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2023
We scurry about, in and out of our flat buildings, occupied with our flat businesses and dalliances.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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The Downstairs Girl
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Henry V
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark," Act 1
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