flirt
Example Sentences
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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
Pile on enough and you flirt with the risk of scuffing the roof of your mouth, which feels, to me, like an essential part of the experience.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025
Tina feels friendly right now as stocks flirt with record highs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Sometimes politicians of all parties flirt with the possibility of one day becoming leader in suggestive, coy, almost deniable ways.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025
His is too superficial, likes to flirt and doesn’t concern herself much with what goes on in his head.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.