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
For a few hours on Sunday, the United States and Colombia engaged in a full-blown economic tête-à-tête.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2025
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
I had prepared an occupation for him; for I was determined not to spend the whole time in a tête-à-tête conversation.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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
Lula added he liked run-offs as they provide the opportunity for a "tete-a-tete debate."
From Reuters ● Sep. 9, 2022
"The Origin Of Love" remains one of the loveliest songs about romance recorded in the last two decades, while Mitchell and Trask, as Hedwig and Gnosis, provide perfect counterpoints for the film's musical tete-a-tete.
From Salon ● May 30, 2022
Are we reading too much into a three-second tete-a-tete?
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2021
I hear Minou dialing, putting in a call to Doroteo, their goodnight tete-a-tete, catching up on all the little news of their separated hours.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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
In her company, Julian sheds most of his ego, engaging in intellectual tête-à-têtes about his past works and whether a forgery can ever really capture an artist’s intention and energy.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026
The puppeteers achieve striking emotional effects, especially with their ape’s eyes, during several tender tête-à-têtes between Kong and Pitts’ Darrow, who in this version comes to see something of herself in the chained beast.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2018
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
Jack kept his resolve of avoiding dangerous tête-à-têtes with Sylvia Trevor, and kept it in so pleasant and friendly a manner that no one suspected his motives save the person most concerned.
From More about Pixie by William H. C. Groome
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