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dalliances

  • plural
    of dalliance.
    dalliance
    noun
    a trifling away of time; dawdling.

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And although the data can’t rule out a recent polyamory “fad” among the “ruling class,” the obsession with upper-class dalliances obscures a key fact: Most nonmonogamists aren’t rich and white.

From Slate ● May 5, 2024

Henry, though, has had dalliances with other baseball teams.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2023

But there are also brief interludes with Pierre Trudeau, Andre Agassi and Ryan O’Neal as well as some dalliances she struggles to remember.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

After his tearful final game in 2019, Hernandez had dalliances with the Braves and Orioles but never made it past spring training.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2023

We scurry about, in and out of our flat buildings, occupied with our flat businesses and dalliances.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan