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
Instead, they survived the crash only to stumble, separately, upon Craigh na Dun, which transported them to the time, and general vicinity, of Jamie’s parents’ courtship.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
He remembered meeting her in late summer, in a whirlwind courtship that he described as a Hallmark movie.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
Hamlet and I conducted our furtive courtship as if we guarded some secret business of the state.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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
When the two began one of the most famous courtships in the world, she knew she couldn’t let the opportunity slip by.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2024
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
“In truth,” said Mowbray, sadly, “my courtships have been all too brief, and threaten to end in aught save laughter.”
From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis
