courtship
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Researchers believe the hump may have played a role in courtship displays.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026
Email records show Flock’s courtship of the bureau dates at least to spring 2024, when the company agreed to donate two of its plate readers to help combat copper thefts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
This new abundance of cars brought even bolder changes for courtship among the unmarried.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
He remembered meeting her in late summer, in a whirlwind courtship that he described as a Hallmark movie.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
Accustomed as they were to months of careful courtship, they were not likely to be won over with a smile and a handshake, either.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
There are hints about the courtships between Jane and Mr. Bingley and Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, but the audience stays with Mary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
Edward Rogers took an active part in the Blue Jays’ courtships of free agents Shohei Ohtani and Juan Soto in recent winters, the people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Their courtships with Smith move quickly, to the point that Tracy's daughter Kayla became suspicious at how fast her mother was falling for this man who still felt like a stranger.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2020
Also gone was the picturesque subject matter: the street landscapes and polite courtships, the elderly couples and fumbling suitors and office workers trapped in suburban patterns, intruded upon by surrealism, like figures in Magritte paintings.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 10, 2018
I do not approve of long courtships, and therefore the idea of waiting an indefinite number of years for a living is out of the question.
From Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles by Paull, H. B.
