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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

SpaceX shares slipped more than 2.5% to $132.15 in trading before rebounding to flirt with $135 again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

“I learned to flirt there, I learned to smoke there, I learned to trash-talk there,” she says.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

I stand on the roof of the Hancock building, near the zip line where the Dauntless flirt with death.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

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

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

Ms. Truschke’s book is quirky and flirts with wokeness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

He hates it when she flirts with others.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

This included the fear that she might lose him, specifically to a red-headed bank clerk who had flirted with him early on in their marriage.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

But they’ve only flirted with filling the job of second assistant general manager.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

To leaders who flirted with the idea of a new West, without America as its linchpin, he had a response: “Keep on dreaming.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

He had flirted with the idea of buying a franchise for years, but a local opportunity caught his and his girlfriend’s eye: a 30-year-old screen-printing and embroidery shop that had been battered by the pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

I haven’t flirted, Mother, truly, but remembered what you said to me, and have done my very best.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Papa Pope’s harsh words were meant to prepare his daughter for the risks inherent to flirting with power.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

She was thinking about a bank teller who had been flirting with her spouse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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

And Julia Bishop said, “I'm not flirting with you, you know.”

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith