flirt
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“I learned to flirt there, I learned to smoke there, I learned to trash-talk there,” she says.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
"Those years when you're sort of experimenting with how you show up in person with another person, how you flirt, how you think about intimacy, that was interrupted for many people," she says.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Milkmaids flirt with a farmer and a wagon-driver.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Wirries’ Star does more than flirt with the dark side, but in resisting the temptation to become part of the vampire pack she becomes worthy of Michael’s obsessive love.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
“Mother doesn’t approve of flirting even in fun, and you do flirt desperately, Teddy.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
The Sparks have a decision to make about how hard they want to push the rest of this season as the team flirts with missing the playoffs for a sixth consecutive season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
America flirts with it and folds, every single cycle.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2026
When asked if there are roles he’s dreaming of doing, Christopher flirts for a moment with Hamlet before opting for something from Tennessee Williams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Ms. Truschke’s book is quirky and flirts with wokeness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
He hates it when she flirts with others.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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
After eight seasons with the Lakers, he became an unrestricted free agent and flirted with retirement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
The vampire at the center of Rice’s beloved novels has flirted with music before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
They flirted with free agent saviors like LeBron James and got ignored.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
He’d pop by the gallery and smile and flirt, and it was harmless—there were plenty of men who came by the gallery and smiled and flirted.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
After flirting with relegation in the past two seasons, Tottenham have made a statement of intent.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Zimbabwe is "flirting with an opportunity" to maximise revenue from the global green energy boom, said human rights defender Rashweat Mukundu.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
“The oil market is now flirting with the outer edge of disruption risk,” Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management, said in a weekend note.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 15, 2026
Markets will be watching the yen closely after the currency weakened to its lowest levels against the dollar since July 2024, flirting with the 160-mark seen as a potential line in the sand for intervention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
McCandless was especially attentive to Burres, flirting and clowning with her at every opportunity.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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