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[woo] / wu /


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For years now, hotels have been spending more and more on signature fragrances to woo and hook guests.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Businesses near Nanjing’s registration centers woo customers with wedding-themed discounts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

During the election campaign, she sought to woo voters from across the political spectrum.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Swedish furniture giant Ikea is cutting prices across a range of popular products in Europe, including the Billy bookcase and Kallax storage units, to woo cash-strapped customers.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Tailors, dressmakers, and merchants try to woo her with free gifts for her ladies, or offer pastries and champagne.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Beijing leader woos developing countries as superpowers jockey for technology lead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Robert Pattinson’s oily suitor woos Penelope like a “Bachelorette” contestant: “It’s time to live again,” he urges her, certain that Penelope’s vengeful husband won’t come back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

It’s agnostic about whether it woos you with image-maker Nano Banana or a better way to search through your Google Drive.

From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2026

Silk diapers are now a thing, as Pampers woos shoppers ready to pay more for premium products.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 4, 2026

My father's viola does not scream; it pleads, it woos.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

"Daniel was probably more talented than Darren, the trouble with Daniel was he was always being wooed," reveals Mitchell.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

There he met and wooed Tanya Amyx, who would become his wife and the mother of his two children, Mary and Pryor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

That first saga of Woody versus Buzz was also a story of old versus new, teaching kids that they don’t always have to be wooed by the hottest toy on the market.

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026

The Modi government had publicly wooed the U.S. company, hoping to replicate some of the limited success it has had with giving Apple incentives to locate a chunk of iPhone production in India.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

“It’s not too late for you. I’m sure plenty of widows would be delighted to be wooed by such a romantic troglodyte.”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

He has been wooing CNN CEO Mark Thompson to remain at the network after the deal closes, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

One told me they would rather the focus had been wooing younger voters by tackling the amount graduates repay in student loans, an old bruise for the Lib Dems.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Platner doesn’t seem to be wooing many registered Republicans, either: Just 7 percent of poll participants said they’d support him.

From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026

Then made it back to Ithaca after 10 years only to find his home overrun by suitors wooing his wife.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Word had got out that Jean was wooing Blanca, but that did not prevent his remaining the favorite of all the matchmaking mothers of the area.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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