flirtation
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Yet these survivors are so hard-wired to be fearful of their neighbors that Hig and Cima’s rusty, tentative flirtation takes place under the gaze of her daddy’s gun, a heck of a chaperone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Now that the flirtation with Warner is over, the shares are worth a look.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
And like most forms — poetry, cocktails, flirtation — they work best when people engage with them.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
Jefferson carried on the flirtation following his emotional entanglement with Maria Cosway, a married artist and close friend of Angelica’s in London.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
They passed the voyage playing out this imaginary flirtation and, littie by littie, they began to believe it.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
His early flirtations with radicalism and his dandyish style reinforced that difference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Eriksson's colourful private life has been well chronicled, while an eventful England managerial reign included a brush with an infamous tabloid 'Fake Sheikh' as well as heavy flirtations with Chelsea and Manchester United.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2024
On Lipa’s first two albums, she juxtaposed flirtations and breakups with thoughts about power and gender.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2024
Pecker also promoted his presidential flirtations before the elections of 2000 and 2012.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2024
Close friendship between the latter and Mrs. van Daan, flirtations, kisses and friendly little smiles.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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