tease
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Analysts use statistical techniques like linear regression to help tease this out.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
The Turkish side took to their social media on Tuesday night to tease the arrival of Salah with the Pyramids being shown on a video next to Papara Park.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Energetic and playful, Shimizu likes to tease Morishita about her height.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The new album appears designed to tease, coax and overwhelm the listener.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
He thought Ezra was loud and annoying and a mean tease.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
Her son, Jack, 34, whom she shares with ex-husband Dennis Quaid, often teases his mom about her home renovation process and has even branded her work “Meg-anized.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Howeth teases, will relate to some of the L.A. attraction’s character groups and themes, as well as its overall story.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
And Alison is the kind of plucky heroine who teases her lover about his research: “Lost treasures, haunted priories, secret maps? I think I saw that movie once.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
He also teases the introduction of new characters.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
Everyone teases him except his mother, who pleads patiently.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
What we do know is “it’s going to be a huge book,” Martin teased in 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The incoming prime minister's team has already teased some of the measures Burnham is expected to take in his first months in charge.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
They teased me and called me Dogface, a term of endearment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Oliver Tree’s music and memory lived on at the Electric Forest festival over the weekend, where T-Pain and Shaquille O’Neal teased what is likely the late singer’s final project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
“If he wants to. At his last school he was teased all the time.”
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
For the last several days, the company has been teasing a “Cybercab launch event” in its hometown of Austin, Texas.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Partridge, 23, smiles at this and tells me there is something almost sibling-like about their dynamic, which may explain why they are so comfortable teasing each other.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
The trailer also offers a glimpse into Sally and Gillian’s present lives — with the latter teasing the former’s apparent lack of love life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, attending the summit as a guest, could not resist teasing Macron, an avowed fan of PSG's bitter southern rivals Olympique de Marseille.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
But now, in the midst of two dozen teasing, laughing people, he must kiss her and make a joke of it.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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