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flirtation

[flur-tay-shuhn] / flɜrˈteɪ ʃən /


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According to Segura, there was no flirtation in the early days, and he treated her with the respect he did any other fellow comic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Now that the flirtation with Warner is over, the shares are worth a look.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

Jefferson carried on the flirtation following his emotional entanglement with Maria Cosway, a married artist and close friend of Angelica’s in London.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Leveler heads, though, should caution against viewing Allura or Kardashian as aspirational examples, even if the latter legitimately followed her highly publicized flirtation with justice reform by seriously studying the law.

From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025

Instead, we laugh, recalling awkward moments and embarrassing attempts at flirtation and our earliest memories of each other.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

His early flirtations with radicalism and his dandyish style reinforced that difference.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

The LA28 board’s executive committee unanimously voted to keep Wasserman as chairman, after reviewing known details surrounding his more than 20-year-old flirtations with Maxwell and his “strong leadership” of the Games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026

The long-held assumption among the mainstream at home and abroad had been that Germany's dark past immunised it against any serious flirtations with the extreme right.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2025

On Lipa’s first two albums, she juxtaposed flirtations and breakups with thoughts about power and gender.

From New York Times ● May 3, 2024

He had many flirtations, but he never found a wife.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo


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