woo
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By slashing prices on some core items, Primark is likely hoping to woo shoppers with low-cost staples, in the same way that supermarkets attract customers with cheap milk and bananas, Berg says.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
But ties have hit a rocky patch despite attempts to woo the mercurial US leader.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Snack food companies are loading up on the ingredient to woo protein-obsessed American consumers, including those taking GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
The return of nostalgic favorites, like campfire meals and ham dinners, are helping to woo back guests, too, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Barack had to quickly hire staff, woo the types of donors who could write big checks, and figure out how to introduce his candidacy in the most resonant way possible.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Insisting on both the singularity of Gaudí’s vision and the glories of artistic collaboration, the Sagrada Família woos believer and nonbeliever alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
After a whirlwind two episodes falling for a man named Earl, who woos Beador with his open-hearted sensitivity surrounding his wife’s death after two horrible battles with cancer, the cracks start to show.
From Salon ● May 5, 2025
My father's viola does not scream; it pleads, it woos.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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But the winner came from Eustáquio, the son of Portuguese parents who Herdman wooed away from the Portuguese U-21 team in 2019.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 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 Canadian prime minister wooed U.S. businesses on a New York trip after months of seeking new economic partners elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
UniCredit has wooed Commerzbank shareholders with promises of higher returns by refocusing its activity on the German market to spur faster growth.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
Her father, the river-god Peneus, was greatly tried because she refused all the handsome and eligible young men who wooed her.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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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
In fast-secularising South Korea, Buddhism is regaining popularity thanks to a "hip" trend wooing Gen Z with festivals, fashion, robots and DJs, even as some fear for the fundamentals of the faith.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Politics is about persuasion, seduction even, and prime ministers seem to have forgotten this is an almost constant process of wooing voters, MPs and civil servants to keep them driving your agenda forward.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Well, Grandpa was wooing, no doubt about it.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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