schmooze
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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
“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
Unlike his brother, Eric Trump did not schmooze with court staff during the breaks.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2023
To close them, he needed to schmooze clients, and that required something he didn’t have.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
Wasserman schmoozed with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver at a reception at the Gagosian art gallery in Beverly Hills, according to attendees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 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
“People are ready to leave behind the isolation,” says an awards consultant who has schmoozed through the late-season events.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2022
At a recent bar mitzvah photo session, Mr. Rocha effortlessly schmoozed the family and joshed with the pensive bar mitzvah boy to get him to smile.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 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
Just nine years ago, the documentary prankster John Wilson was here crashing on a couch and shooting a snarky short called “Escape From Park City” about his discomfort with its star-gazing and schmoozing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
This time last year all Labour's schmoozing was paying off, and she enjoyed good reviews in the City.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025
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
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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