flirt
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"Those years when you're sort of experimenting with how you show up in person with another person, how you flirt, how you think about intimacy, that was interrupted for many people," she says.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
In Silber’s revival, the wise schoolmaster Mr. Lundie is Widow Lundie, and the town flirt Meg Brockie is a pub owner pushing middle age.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
Many of those companies would flirt with losing money if competition from AI materializes, and a few might ultimately file for bankruptcy.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
First, there’s a pantomimed back story: During the overture, actors depicting the lovers as young teens flirt and are discouraged by adults.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
“Do you always have policemen coming first thing in the morning to flirt with you?”
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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The Sparks have a decision to make about how hard they want to push the rest of this season as the team flirts with missing the playoffs for a sixth consecutive season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
America flirts with it and folds, every single cycle.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2026
The third involves a closure until July or even later, and this is the one that flirts with a global recession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
Yes, she’s poor and he’s rich, but they’re both hustlers — one way he flirts is telling Lucy he sees potential in her intangibles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2025
He hates it when she flirts with others.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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Scheffler's surprising soliloquy about the importance of chasing golfing greatness caused a stir at Portrush last year and the four-time major winner flirted with similar territory at Birkdale.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Starter Ryan Johnson, who finished with a 14.40 earned run average in May, flirted with a no-hitter through through six innings on June 23 against the Baltimore Orioles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
After eight seasons with the Lakers, he became an unrestricted free agent and flirted with retirement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
He flirted with every theory out there while never binding himself to one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
He flirted so well with Hazel that he had obviously stolen her heart.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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The pound was flirting with 2026 lows against the dollar while yields on U.K. government bonds edged higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
One ETF hoovering assets suggests that some investors are also diversifying by flirting with non-capitalization-weighting strategies.
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
For a club that have been flirting dangerously with relegation for much of the season, the triumph over Michael Carrick's side felt like more than three points.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
A sharp lurch lower in gold prices after the worst week of declines since the 1980s had gold flirting with bear-market territory on Monday.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026
“And if she was sticking up for me, she shouldn’t be flirting with her crush!”
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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