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flirt

[flurt] / flɜrt /




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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

"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

When I sit down to meal plan, I open my grocery list in one tab and my supermarket’s app in another and let them flirt with each other for a few minutes.

From Salon May 22, 2026

Wirries’ Star does more than flirt with the dark side, but in resisting the temptation to become part of the vampire pack she becomes worthy of Michael’s obsessive love.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 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

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

Stocks are set to continue their selloff as oil flirts with the $100-a-barrel level.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 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

He hates it when she flirts with others.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

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

After eight seasons with the Lakers, he became an unrestricted free agent and flirted with retirement.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

As the most dismal, down-and-out franchise of the past half-century aimed to clinch the NBA Finals, the Knicks flirted with disaster yet again and fell behind by 15 points in the second half.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

He flirted so well with Hazel that he had obviously stolen her heart.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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

After flirting with relegation in the past two seasons, Tottenham have made a statement of intent.

From BBC Jul. 2, 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

Victoria flirting with some big muscular dude wearing a Yankees jersey, who looked to be Francesca’s cousin.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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