courtship
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In the episode, she describes her courtship with Jason and his proposal during their visit to the Cayman Islands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
In my experience, when a person molds their life to please a potential partner early in the courtship, it can mean they don’t have a strong sense of self.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
Harvard’s courtship of Zimmer offers a rare glimpse of the delicate line universities are walking with some of their megadonors following the campus aftermath of the Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Scientists have managed to compare the fine detail of the brains of male and female flies for the first time, identifying differences they say explain male aggression, courtship and their singing of love songs.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
It’s acting-out courtship and everybody is in the play.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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Edward Rogers took an active part in the Blue Jays’ courtships of free agents Shohei Ohtani and Juan Soto in recent winters, the people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Their courtships with Smith move quickly, to the point that Tracy's daughter Kayla became suspicious at how fast her mother was falling for this man who still felt like a stranger.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2020
Also gone was the picturesque subject matter: the street landscapes and polite courtships, the elderly couples and fumbling suitors and office workers trapped in suburban patterns, intruded upon by surrealism, like figures in Magritte paintings.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 10, 2018
We watched, as if at a historic re-creation, the insistence on modest clothing and "gender appropriate" hairstyles, and the parent-controlled courtships of the elder children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2015
Festivals are celebrated quietly in the home; there is small religious fervor; courtships are consummated by family contract.
From Sjambak by Jack Vance
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