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schmooze

[shmooz] / ʃmuz /




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After 4 p.m., they have ample time to clean up their books, meet with co-workers, schmooze with clients, and grab some sleep.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025

Think of John Prescott's booming tones that connected with some voters and party members who didn't much like Tony Blair's silken schmooze.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025

“He was very much inclined not to schmooze so much as to explain and then expect people to understand and then act on it.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2024

With Congress on recess, both the House and Senate sent sizable delegations to the annual Munich Security Conference to schmooze with world leaders about the pressing global issues of the day.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2024

Candidates were expected to schmooze with festival participants and take part in a dance-off, each man showing off fancy footwork while a traditional Zacatecan tamborazo band played.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023

But since taking over the experiences unit, he has frequently collaborated with colleagues in entertainment and schmoozed with stars at movie premieres and events in the parks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

Upper middle-class scions who went to the right schools, schmoozed at the right parties, and waited their respective turns for their time in the spotlight.

From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2025

At Tuesday's lunch, nominees including Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg, Michelle Yeoh and Angela Bassett schmoozed and posed for a group photo.

From Reuters ● Feb. 14, 2023

He appeared on magazine covers, schmoozed regulators, grew his profile in philanthropy and politics and even sponsored a sports arena in Miami.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022

He schmoozed and dropped big, sometimes covert, campaign donations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2021

Top brokers walk the floors of countless buildings, swap insights over bad coffee, and turn years of schmoozing into multimillion-dollar commissions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

However, after all of Labour’s schmoozing of the business world, and all their emphasis in the election of growing the economy, there’s been some surprise that those arguments were a lot less prominent on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2024

The kind of person he was before the bestselling memoir, the Netflix adaptation, the Silicon Valley schmoozing, and the political ascendency.

From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2024

Perhaps we in the press were still hungover after celebrating ourselves by schmoozing with celebrities and slurping up to politicians at the White House Correspondents Dinner the night before.

From Salon ● May 2, 2024

Either Muhammad is easily swayed by art mumbo jumbo or he wants to get back to schmoozing, because he begins backing up.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali


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