flirt
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Once everyone is locked in, COs get to lounge around inside the bubble: eat, drink coffee, flirt with each other, complain, maybe nap until they have to perform the 10:30 p.m. count.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
"We expect the Fed to hold through year end even as futures markets flirt with pricing in a hike," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
When I sit down to meal plan, I open my grocery list in one tab and my supermarket’s app in another and let them flirt with each other for a few minutes.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
“They should go out and flirt with all this slop,” Chief Executive Alex Karp said about companies that are shopping for AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
People would have thought it cute for a boy to flirt with his novia.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
That is despite warnings that it has morphed from a Eurosceptic party, founded in 2013, into one that flirts with, or attracts, extremist support.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
America flirts with it and folds, every single cycle.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2026
Stocks are set to continue their selloff as oil flirts with the $100-a-barrel level.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
Choi flirts with the conventions of political thriller, too, recalling the shadowy resistance groups in Ed Park’s prize-winning “Same Bed Different Dreams.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
He hates it when she flirts with others.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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
After eight seasons with the Lakers, he became an unrestricted free agent and flirted with retirement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
The vampire at the center of Rice’s beloved novels has flirted with music before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
So it was fitting that Saturday night, as they aimed to clinch the NBA Finals, the Knicks flirted with disaster again and fell behind by 15 points in the second half.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
He greeted people with the exuberance they expected from a foreigner and he flirted with the ladies.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Papa Pope’s harsh words were meant to prepare his daughter for the risks inherent to flirting with power.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
With culture shifts happening in restaurant kitchens, perhaps it was prudent to show Bourdain’s character merely flirting with the dark side.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Whether you’re flirting or trying to make friends, it’s easier to exist in places where you’re not thought of as inherently ugly.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
America’s crude inventories are flirting with dangerous levels, while exports of gasoline and diesel hover near records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
“It’s better than whatever has you flirting with Curtis.”
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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