flirtation
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A decade after Justin Timberlake stepped out from NSYNC, JB blatantly ripped JT’s “Like I Love You” for this heavy-breathing flirtation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
Now that the flirtation with Warner is over, the shares are worth a look.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
Clearly, Mr. Carlson’s flirtation with Mr. Fuentes threatens to make the symptom contagious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
Corn in a dip is always a flirtation — sweet, juicy, a little showy.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025
What until then had been an abstraction, a mere flirtation with the possibility of death, suddenly materialized before her.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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His early flirtations with radicalism and his dandyish style reinforced that difference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Others dismissed Burnham's chances of returning to Westminster and said his flirtations with a leadership bid had been unhelpful for the party at a difficult time.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
Putnam was jealous of his wife’s flirtations, and tinkered with her schedule accordingly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025
Lola is a relative free spirit with an open heart but a sense of limits; Aimée’s performance emphasizes the essential innocence, or maybe insignificance, of her flirtations.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
Along the way, Maeve had seen a suitor or two, but nothing much came of those flirtations.
From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate
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