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Southgate continued to flirt with playing him in that position during the course of the next 12 months, before abandoning the plan after an underwhelming 1-1 draw with Denmark.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

“You’re seeing more and more literary writers flirt with genre,” said Emilie Sommer, a book buyer at East City Bookshop in Washington, D.C.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Once everyone is locked in, COs get to lounge around inside the bubble: eat, drink coffee, flirt with each other, complain, maybe nap until they have to perform the 10:30 p.m. count.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

When I sit down to meal plan, I open my grocery list in one tab and my supermarket’s app in another and let them flirt with each other for a few minutes.

From Salon ● May 22, 2026

His is too superficial, likes to flirt and doesn’t concern herself much with what goes on in his head.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

“Widow’s Bay” occasionally flirts with satire, but it settles down with self-aware sincerity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

That is despite warnings that it has morphed from a Eurosceptic party, founded in 2013, into one that flirts with, or attracts, extremist support.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

America flirts with it and folds, every single cycle.

From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2026

Stocks are set to continue their selloff as oil flirts with the $100-a-barrel level.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

He hates it when she flirts with others.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

As I moved from darkened room to darkened room, ridiculed in one, flirted with in another, a thread of finding one’s own personal paradise in a hellscape began to emerge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

This included the fear that she might lose him, specifically to a red-headed bank clerk who had flirted with him early on in their marriage.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Scheffler's surprising soliloquy about the importance of chasing golfing greatness caused a stir at Portrush last year and the four-time major winner flirted with similar territory at Birkdale.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

He had flirted with the idea of buying a franchise for years, but a local opportunity caught his and his girlfriend’s eye: a 30-year-old screen-printing and embroidery shop that had been battered by the pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

“Mr. Frank Churchill and Miss Woodhouse flirted together excessively.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

Papa Pope’s harsh words were meant to prepare his daughter for the risks inherent to flirting with power.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

With culture shifts happening in restaurant kitchens, perhaps it was prudent to show Bourdain’s character merely flirting with the dark side.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Whether you’re flirting or trying to make friends, it’s easier to exist in places where you’re not thought of as inherently ugly.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

The pound was flirting with 2026 lows against the dollar while yields on U.K. government bonds edged higher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Perhaps I think that by speaking the words, they will prove true, and I will turn to see Darin flirting with girls, Nan hawking her jams, and Pop dealing, ever gently, with overly worried patients.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir