affaire
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She was again named best supporting actress in 1982 and best actress the following year for Une étrange affaire and La Balance.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
If a non-affaire affaire can elicit this degree of discontent, people are already deeply unhappy, looking for a reason to vent.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 2, 2018
The startling turnaround in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affaire has nothing to do with what happened May 14 in the now famous Sofitel hotel room 2806.
From Time ● Jul. 2, 2011
Stone is a key witness in the imaginary affaire Dujardin, which has for post-World War II France all the moral and political catnip of a Dreyfus case.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The member of parliament who translated his duty to his constituents into asking as many awkward questions as possible of the Government, found a rich source of inspiration in the affaire John Dene.
From John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall by Herbert George Jenkins
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