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courtship

noun as in dating, romance

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A tarantula love act begins with a courtship ritual.

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They married in 1950, just before Bhumibol's coronation, after a courtship that began as he recovered from a car crash in Switzerland which cost him the sight of one eye.

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Apples in their entirety were known to symbolize romance and, later, spiritualism and courtship, namely during the 19th century.

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Meanwhile—“Ragtime” is a show of many meanwhiles—the increasingly successful Coalhouse, unbeknownst to him the father of the child, goes in search of Sarah, and eventually finds her and begins a dedicated courtship.

But in recent years, Tellis has become known as one of the most outspoken contrarians in Washington on the US courtship of India.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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