as in affaire
a brief romantic relationship
in her memoirs the diva candidly recalls her amours with some of opera's best-known tenors and baritones
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The movie doesn’t want to be a four-alarm funeral pyre but a tragic romance, presenting Amy through the prism of the amour fou that put her into a tailspin and fueled her triple-platinum second album.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
Eileen has been, up to this point, a bruised slice-of-life drama, a dingy-retro period piece, and possibly a romance just waiting to rev its amour fou engine.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2023
Perhaps for the harder hit amour, in the U.K., supermarket chain Asda — previously owned by Walmart WMT -0.1% — has launched a $1.24 (that’s £1) engagement ring as part of its George Home collection, which is available to buy in its stores and online.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
This is a tale of amour fou, in which lust tramples everything in its path – family, respectability, and ultimately sanity.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2023
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
Eileen has been, up to this point, a bruised slice-of-life drama, a dingy-retro period piece, and possibly a romance just waiting to rev its amour fou engine.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2023
Perhaps for the harder hit amour, in the U.K., supermarket chain Asda — previously owned by Walmart WMT -0.1% — has launched a $1.24 (that’s £1) engagement ring as part of its George Home collection, which is available to buy in its stores and online.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
This is a tale of amour fou, in which lust tramples everything in its path – family, respectability, and ultimately sanity.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amour
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Notwithstanding the resurgence of regionalism in international affairs, none of the contributors expect the five American countries to form a coherent Western Hemisphere lobby within the G-20.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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For decades, laws have intentionally limited military involvement in civilian affairs to prevent the militarization of policing and protect constitutional rights.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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The creator of the FX on Hulu show shared in an interview with the New York Post that she's heard from several of her late friend Molly Kochan's former flings since the miniseries premiered on April 4 this year.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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There were little flings and hookups and attachments amid all of this, and the fibre of daily living, and the constants in my life which served as the filling in between.—
Bryan Washington,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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She’s also got five adaptations of her contemporary romance novels in the works.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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On the Saturday of the crawl, which is Independent Bookstore Day, Warwick’s will also celebrate St. Jordi’s Day, a Catalonian tradition of books, roses and romance.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Amour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amour. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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