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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

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

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

"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

“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

Let me pause a moment on the subject of Mrs. van Daan and tell you that her attempts to flirt with Father are a constant source of irritation to me.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

America flirts with it and folds, every single cycle.

From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2026

It’s great theater when a champion flirts with a crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

He even flirts with advocating for marriage equality after meeting with Sharon Stone, although he doesn’t admit that in her presence, and with a roomful of priests bearing witness.

From Salon ● May 10, 2025

Elsewhere, a white store owner flirts with Stan, suggesting he ought to work for her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 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

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

They flirted with free agent saviors like LeBron James and got ignored.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

Lord Ingram flirted with Amy Eshton; Louisa played and sang to and with one of the Messrs. Lynn; and Mary Ingram listened languidly to the gallant speeches of the other.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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

She also hosts red carpet interviews at the Oscars - following a tried-and-tested formula of comedic flirting and uncomfortable silences - and runs her own production company.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Some oil analysts are warning that the sinking prices don’t fully reflect how tight the market remains after months of draws on global oil inventories, which are now flirting with operational limits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Zimbabwe is "flirting with an opportunity" to maximise revenue from the global green energy boom, said human rights defender Rashweat Mukundu.

From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026

“I going? Am I to watch you flirting with that turnip? Certainly I shan’t go, and I forbid you to go either.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White