tease
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After a roughly 15-minute drive through mild traffic, we made it to the venue just in time to see Epps tease a few audience members during his opening comedy segment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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
And what can you tease now that won’t make sense until we watch?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Over the next two decades, Burns would regularly tease Greenspan over how little progress he had made writing a thesis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Then, unable to resist another chance to tease, she added, “Unless wicked ghosts appear and threaten to eat us. Then I shall surely scream myself. Eeeeeeek!”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
The Independent teases its new documentary on "kito" attacks in Nigeria on its front page, titled "Hunted".
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
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
The Rail Events Inc. press release also teases a possible encounter with “a dark and mysterious force.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 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
Imani teases me, we sip on our warm drinks, Kasim keeps finding reasons to come to our table, we giggle some more, and the couple sitting next to us finally moves to another table.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
"Stop looking at your phone screen. Just look at me," BTS member Jungkook teased the audience at one concert.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
What we do know is “it’s going to be a huge book,” Martin teased in 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The congresswoman teased O’Handley, the person said, for not placing a bigger wager.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
This week, Carlson teased an interview with podcasters Joel Webbon and J.D.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
“Don’t you remember the parable of the sower?” she teased me.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
The company impressed Wall Street several weeks ago by teasing an improved profitability trajectory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
At some point, I complained to my mom about the teasing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 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
The trailer also offers a glimpse into Sally and Gillian’s present lives — with the latter teasing the former’s apparent lack of love life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
I thought about Mae, casually tossing off French curse words, and about the other girls teasing Mae for being Luc’s favorite.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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