courtship

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Researchers believe the hump may have played a role in courtship displays.

From Science Daily • Jun. 13, 2026

Now, coming off a breakup and re-entering the dating world, I’ve noticed younger people online challenging the courtship norms that many millennials like me had come to accept, expecting more from their romantic prospects.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Surely the Ritz Cinema is the theater Herriot describes as he begins his courtship of Helen Alderson; a blue circle marker proudly declares its date of establishment as a picture house, 1912.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

He remembered meeting her in late summer, in a whirlwind courtship that he described as a Hallmark movie.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

The month of courtship had wasted: its very last hours were being numbered.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë