as in affair
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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Recent Examples of amour
Modern yet infused with traditional design codes like tailoring, Moore’s look was augmented by her mon amour pumps by Aquazzura.
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Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amour
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And now, Swift’s fans are set to descend on the city, accompanied by hordes of media who until recently had little to no concrete information about the hush-hush affair.
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My job is to report in a timely manner on crime, mass shootings, war coverage, domestic and international affairs, pop culture and more.
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The love story is one now cemented in the history books of pop culture and romance.
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Did the woman who has spent a career immersed in romance with all of its joys and sorrows really exchange vows in what's essentially her workplace?
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In Hawai’i, two lovers (Kenji and Jane) are drawn together for what’s supposed to be a summer fling.
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Bloc Party’s next album charts the course of such a fling, one that frontman Kele Okereke experienced himself after separating from his long-term partner.
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“Amour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amour. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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