grooming
Example Sentences
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The Wall Street Journal spoke to founders and executives about how their companies are navigating the growth in male grooming.
His son described the way the scammers enticed his father into making an investment as "grooming".
From BBC
The results mirrored a 2020 study of vampire bats showing that newcomers also test the waters, slowly progressing from grooming relationships to more substantial food-sharing partnerships with trusted companions.
From Science Daily
Baroness Warsi has previously criticised the home secretary of using "racist rhetoric" and "emboldening racists" when announcing policies on small boat crossings and grooming gangs.
From BBC
The peer - who was the UK's first female Muslim cabinet minister - claimed the home secretary was guilty of "emboldening racists" with comments on small boats and grooming gangs.
From BBC
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