tete-a-tete
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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
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
Mr. Knightley and Harriet!—It was an odd tête-à-tête; but she was glad to see it.—There had been a time when he would have scorned her as a companion, and turned from her with little ceremony.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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
At its West Hollywood outpost — one of the company’s 11 clubs — members paid upward of $250 a month for frosé on the terrazzo-checkered terrace and tête-à-têtes with Hollywood stars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
One of their most memorable tête-à-têtes onscreen occurs when Jacqueline, wearing a gray trench coat, has missed Marcus’s carefully curated romantic date.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
Probably there would be a great many tête-à-têtes in various corners, or, if it were warm, in various punts.
From Daisy's Aunt by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
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