affair
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Several Turkish media sites said Kaya had given back the money she made, and has not yet been detained over the affair.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
I sincerely hope this is a love affair to remember for all the right, rather than wrong, reasons.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
It was a visual affair designed to project a new phase of managed competition between a prevailing superpower and a rising one — a message that Washington and Beijing are ultimately capable of responsible leadership.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Kremlev, who first met Trump Jr. recently, also attended the intimate affair with a large group of other Russians.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
As he was the person most in charge of Walter's wrongful prosecution and conviction, it was hard to reconcile his immunity with his culpability in the whole affair, but there was little we could do.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Then came Covid-19 and those questions multiplied, said Janine Biscari, vice president for student affairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Irwin has represented California’s 42nd and 44th Assembly Districts since 2014 and has chaired legislative committees on climate change, cybersecurity, veterans affairs and taxation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The young broadcaster became a researcher and reporter for Bernard Braden's consumer affairs programme, Braden's Week.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
About half of the clients of Amanda Rieman Sarago, an estate-planning attorney with the Hargrove Firm, choose to have their affairs managed by a professional, even if they have children.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Pope Julius II acted impetuously in all his affairs, and he found the times and circumstances so suitable to this method of procedure that he always achieved felicitous results.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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