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
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
Because the whole Musk empire is still reeling from that dalliance.
From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2025
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 in any case, this piece is engaging quite specifically with that songwriting, not with her celebrity dalliances.
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2024
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
Borsano's business would implode dramatically and his political dalliances couldn't shield him from arrest and prosecution.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2023
The fairy-tale moment did not endure, and by the time the couple’s emotional complexities had spilled over into lurid tabloid coverage of their estrangement and dalliances, the queen confronted a remarkable challenge.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
She teases Faris and Dex and the others about their dalliances, but not me.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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The Downstairs Girl
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark," Act 1
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