affair
Example Sentences
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Yet for as long as America’s love affair with baseball has lasted, the sport’s practitioners knew shockingly little about how the game was truly played for most of that time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
After Gonzales admitted to the affair last month, Congress took a two-week break.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
When news initially broke of Gonzales’ alleged affair, the congressman claimed that he was the victim of an extortion plot.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
So why not lean into the Dodgers hate by turning this year’s All-Star Game into a Dodgers-against-the-world affair?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
“Because I thought he had the affair because you were fighting about me, not because you were fighting about you.”
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Vocabulary lists containing affair
The Poet X
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