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[teez] / tiz /


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So it’s hard—at this summary level, at least—to tease out what’s cultural and what’s personal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

And White offered another tease when asked whether he would attend Wednesday's news conference if it does go ahead.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

“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

Analysts use statistical techniques like linear regression to help tease this out.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

“You mustn’t tease the children, Peter,” Aunt Eliza said.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The video, posted on Friday, teases the release of a longer YouTube video to come on Saturday, in which Vanessa and Kai Trump will discuss breast cancer awareness and prevention, Kai wrote in the caption.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

She teases much of her advice on TikTok, but most of it comes with a cost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 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

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

Noah teases, “What about you? It’s impossible for you!”

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

He teased that a Dec. 4 Listening Room event in Seattle for India Arie’s “Acoustic Soul” will feature a special guest.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

For years, AI leaders have teased the possibility of curing cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

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

The comments from Newsom seemingly stunned Tapper in the two-minute clip, which teased a longer interview that is expected to air Tuesday morning.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Yet after all my task was not an easy one; often I would rather have pleased than teased him.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Temper those outrageous emotions, the ones the algorithms have gotten so good at teasing out of us.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

Although he grew up in a close family in San Mateo, Calif., his three older sisters loved teasing “Little Tommy” that he was the worst athlete in the family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Fans were already aware that a second leg of Styles' tour was on the way, after the 32-year-old posted a note on Wednesday teasing what he called the "final" shows of the hugely-successful run.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 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

He had such a smug and teasing look on his face, like he knew a secret about me.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff


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