teasing
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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
At some point, I complained to my mom about the teasing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 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
McGinn, 31, says he harbours regrets about sometimes teasing other kids in his own youth for wearing glasses, now that he appreciates how challenging it can be.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 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
But her teasings – like her reminders of Jennifer Lawrence’s struggles with the forces of gravity — were generally light and pleasantly show-bizzy.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2014
Dr. Aicadre accepts his invalidism with bitter fatalism; the only things that are insupportable are the teasings of Madame Teterger's idiot son, who hates him. and the starvation rations given to his pet dog Bobbee.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dan searched his memory, found therein inscribed a number of snubs, rebuffs, and teasings, but nothing worthy of the thanks so sweetly offered.
From A College Girl by William H. C. Groome
The teasings of the boys and girls seem powerless to dampen his ardor,—indeed, I suspect that their "Howdy, Mr. Warrick," "Good evening, Mrs. Floyd," fall as music on his ears.
From Mothering on Perilous by Lucy S. Furman
It was these teasings of her brother that gave me my first inkling that the old ranchero was a wily matchmaker, though he religiously denied every such accusation.
From A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams
