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paramour

[par-uh-moor] / ˈpær əˌmʊər /


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If you work at OpenAI and someone is trying to seduce you, the company wants you to consider: Could your paramour be a spy?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Early in McMurtry’s career, a paramour gave him a sweatshirt that read “Minor Regional Novelist.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

Miss Piggy, her paramour Kermit the Frog, Gonzo, and Fozzie have reunited for the one-off show to mark its 50th birthday, after their beloved film outings such as Muppet Christmas Carol.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

Of course, it was just to help his paramour Kate escape her father’s evil clutches.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2025

He went in to the King, my grandfather, and demanded that my mother break olT the engagement with her paramour.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson


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