tease
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“Brand New Day” features just one brief end-credits sequence to tease what’s next for Spidey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The bonus footage shown after the full credits of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” roll is more of a tease than a proper scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Musk continued to tease a future demonstration of Tesla’s third-generation Optimus robot, which he previously said would be demonstrated in the first quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
"I still tease him, he used to kick lumps out of me in training at the 2006 World Cup. It's not true, he tells me. But I remember," said Messi.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Uncles would come visiting, cousins, relatives to feast and listen to stories and tease endlessly.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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Her son, Jack, 34, whom she shares with ex-husband Dennis Quaid, often teases his mom about her home renovation process and has even branded her work “Meg-anized.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
But the global superstar - known for long-game teases and hidden Easter eggs that fans love to decode - has been coy on details of her wedding to American football star, Travis Kelce.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Howeth teases, will relate to some of the L.A. attraction’s character groups and themes, as well as its overall story.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
And Alison is the kind of plucky heroine who teases her lover about his research: “Lost treasures, haunted priories, secret maps? I think I saw that movie once.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Once in a while, a pregnant cloud hovers and teases the land with a trickle of rain.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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Zuckerberg recently teased the idea of launching a cloud computing business to directly monetize its investments in data-center infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Jeff Kent sported a mustache throughout his career even though some folks teased him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
The incoming prime minister's team has already teased some of the measures Burnham is expected to take in his first months in charge.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
They teased me and called me Dogface, a term of endearment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
“We should just take off running,” Brigit teased.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Writing in The Times, Beard bemoaned that the poem's "erotic puzzles, the teasing ironies, the intriguing questions about truth and falsehood" had been replaced with "a rather ponderous Hollywood message about civilisational decline".
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
They have hit the ground running, with Kylian Mbappe in impeccable form and Michael Olise at his teasing best.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Partridge, 23, smiles at this and tells me there is something almost sibling-like about their dynamic, which may explain why they are so comfortable teasing each other.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
If Charles was spotted eating a bologna sandwich for lunch, you risked teasing if that’s what your mom put in your bag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
“We’re just teasing you, nephew. Here, take this. We wear white for celebrations.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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