wined and dined
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He entertained, wined and dined, and flew people around for vacations at his various properties.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Everyone knows that his cultivated image of a wealthy playboy who wined and dined beautiful women like he was some kind of matinee idol is another one of his lies.
From Salon • May 10, 2024
Stern: So Leo first says, basically: “You’d have to be an absolute moron to think that getting wined and dined by billionaires would change any justice’s vote.”
From Slate • Jun. 21, 2023
The president wined and dined multinational chief executives, creating an annual gathering at Versailles called “Choose France.”
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2022
As he made his way North, he was wined and dined and given popular ovations that turned his head.
From History of the United States by Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin)