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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

Milkmaids flirt with a farmer and a wagon-driver.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

An avaricious, envious flirt on the undisguised lookout for something better, she is angry that John wouldn’t use slave labor to build their house.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 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

They don’t flirt shamelessly with the likes of me when they have Transylvanian girlfriends.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

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

Though her film flirts with surrealism, Bronstein carefully maintains a sense of truth as Linda scrapes past a never-ending pile of obstacles, trying to claw her way free before she’s buried alive.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 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

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

“My friend Jayme flirted her head off with him, but I knew I was the one he had eyes for. Right, Gus?”

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

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

Emery immediately made an impact, imposing structure, clarity and belief on a Villa side that was once again flirting with relegation to guide them to a top‑seven finish and European qualification in his first season.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 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

Now it is flirting with the latter, weighing a massive merger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

McCandless was especially attentive to Burres, flirting and clowning with her at every opportunity.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer