courting

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In ways that could not be captured in written sources, photographs demonstrate women taking nationalist activities into their own hands: challenging policemen, drumming up support for boycotts, addressing crowds, directing salt production, and courting arrest.

From BBC

Both Nvidia and Google are courting potential customers and offering them financing arrangements to help ease the purchase of their chips.

From The Wall Street Journal

Another risk from the planned split of the cloud unit, which had sales of around $11.5 billion last year, is that previously captive in-house Alibaba clients start courting rivals, hurting its revenue.

From Reuters

Reuters reported on Thursday that London is also courting new Chinese listings.

From Reuters

But a preponderance of poisoned bait traps has thrown an evolutionary wrench into this classic courting strategy, making some cockroaches lose their sweet tooth.

From Science Magazine