schmooze
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But mostly folks had come to schmooze and to take in the entertainment Davis had arranged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026
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
Actor Florence Pugh, Jaguar’s newly minted brand ambassador, schmoozed with design journalists, bloggers and online creators at a party later Tuesday to promote the Type 01.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Nominees across all 24 categories mingled and schmoozed before taking part in the traditional class photo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
"We were very successful in bringing legislators down, Democrats and Republicans, and I just sat outside in the tent and schmoozed with them," Schwarzenegger said.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2023
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
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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