tete-a-tete

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

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

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

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

Who would believe that my sister prohibited solitary walks and tête-à-têtes, only three hours ago, on the ground that every one ought to be sociable to-day?

From Deerbrook by Harriet Martineau