tease
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“It’s a real challenge to try and tease out one thing out of the array of factors that undermine women’s health in these states,” said Eugene Declercq, a public health researcher at Boston University.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Instead, the psychological tease convinces the player that a win is imminent, spurring them to pay for another try.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Analysts use statistical techniques like linear regression to help tease this out.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
The Turkish side took to their social media on Tuesday night to tease the arrival of Salah with the Pyramids being shown on a video next to Papara Park.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Laugh like best friends, tease each other like best friends.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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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
He also teases the introduction of new characters.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
“I thought it might be nice to play with the format a little bit, and that just gives the episode some energy,” teases Binder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
On the way out, after one fellow diner tells Domingo he’s a fan, the actor teases another who tries to play it cool after spotting the star.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
“I hope we don’t end up with food poisoning,” Momma teases.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
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The Times has reached out to Amazon Studios for more information on the project, which does not appear in press materials, though Ratner teased the new “chapters” in an Aug. 11 Instagram post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Singer-songwriter Noel Gallagher recently teased the band's 2027 return - after a year off - telling TalkSport, external: "There must be something happening."
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The former first son launched his namesake memecoin on Wednesday, less than two days after the project was teased in an exclusive story published by the Wall Street Journal.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
The White House released several games Thursday, with a placeholder that teased another one "coming soon."
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Don Pancho, one of our neighbors, knew how much I disliked emptying the bedpan and teased me whenever I ran into him.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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The first image from The Other Bennet Sister Christmas special has been revealed, teasing a romantic picnic scene.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
For the last several days, the company has been teasing a “Cybercab launch event” in its hometown of Austin, Texas.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
The company impressed Wall Street several weeks ago by teasing an improved profitability trajectory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
Once he reached the other side, he held the board steady for me, with no teasing this time.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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