woo
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He clearly hopes his bravado will woo some of the network’s audience, just as it won over Watters.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
To stem the fall, the RBI has rolled out an array of moves to woo dollar inflows, including a deposit scheme for the Indian diaspora that raked in around $127 billion.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Now the carrier needs more premium options to woo customers away from larger rivals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Andie gets lured into a lunch date with a rival executive who tries to woo her over to ABC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Eril-Fane had been duly impressed, and had agreed to Ebliz Tod’s every demand in order to woo him to Weep.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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A CeraVe sunscreen campaign woos Gen Z tanmaxxers with a social-media video series that kicks off with the dramatic destruction of a tanning bed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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
Egged on by Mohamed, who views Diana as the ultimate prize in his quest to conquer the British establishment, Dodi woos Diana and the relationship soon becomes romantic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
My father's viola does not scream; it pleads, it woos.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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"Daniel was probably more talented than Darren, the trouble with Daniel was he was always being wooed," reveals Mitchell.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
In some states they could have leverage: Paramount has a production footprint in New Jersey, where the state has wooed major studios with tax credits, a headquarters in California and staff in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
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
It was beyond belief that I, humble Ophelia, should be wooed by Prince Hamlet.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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The U.K. has spent much of the past decade wooing the U.A.E. to invest in the country in an attempt to kick-start its slow-growing economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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
He spent the weekend wooing her, and they were married just a few days later.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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