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as in to flit
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements
lazily watched the butterflies flirting among the wildflowers
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Recent Examples of flirt
Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 9 Nov. 2025
Fire up the flirt pole Cats have teaser wands, dogs have flirt poles.
—Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Blanche Marcel, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026
Trian already owns about 16% of the fast-food chain and flirted with a takeover a few years ago.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 12 May 2026
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Noun
Retrogrades aren’t meant to stall you, they’re meant to rewire you, so if your flirt game feels off or your passion projects aren’t clicking, don’t force it.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 9 Nov. 2025
Fire up the flirt pole Cats have teaser wands, dogs have flirt poles.
—Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
In 2025, the timing of the Cannes dress code announcement allowed a few rebels to get around the new rules—from Heidi Klum and her dramatic ruffle train to Bella Hadid, whose daring split dress also flirted with the limits imposed by Cannes protocol.
—Blanche Marcel, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026
Trian already owns about 16% of the fast-food chain and flirted with a takeover a few years ago.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flirt
Noun
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Additional charges included negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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His characters enjoy casual conversation but don’t brook wanton confession.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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With The Boys teasing a return for Aya Cash‘s Stormfront in the upcoming prequel series, Eric Kripke has no plans to retcon her motivations.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
10 May 2026
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Although Talamasca is ending, AMC teased possible iterations of the universe in future shows.—
Alyssa Modos,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
Verb
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In the garden, bumblebees, hummingbirds, and butterflies can be found flitting among the dazzling blooms.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
10 May 2026
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The vibe is old Key West to the max, with a tropical interior courtyard where a patio overlooks the pool and butterflies flit.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026
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Whether paired with sneakers or bold heelsheels, the flare cut of these pants is playful enough to toy around with different shoe pairings.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
6 May 2026
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The age-gap romance is one that Statsky said the writers have been toying around with for quite some time.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Like a vibrantly hued snake darting down the narrow branch of a tree, the collective of high-performance automobiles rapidly navigates the narrow, serpentine artery along the Northeastern Italian coast, a quicksilver-like tracing of the border between Il Bel Paese and Slovenia.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
11 May 2026
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In the fourth quarter with the game on the line, Blair called a loose-ball foul on the Cavs and Atkinson hated the call, but rather than scream or dart toward the official, Atkinson just sort of stood near his bench, staring at Blair and shaking his head.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Verb
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Give Plants Enough Space Don’t be fooled by the size of the seedling at planting time.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 May 2026
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Other investigations showed Darsee had fooled co-authors of many papers that dated back to his college days at Notre Dame.—
Lawrence K. Altman,
STAT,
7 May 2026
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Elke and Alysia started seeing the big bugs fluttering around in late April, and as their numbers grew through early May, the native rainbows started keying in on them more and more.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2026
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No one enjoys finding moths fluttering around the flour or tiny caterpillars crawling in the cereal.—
Lauren Wicks,
Southern Living,
13 May 2026
Verb
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But that still left the less-than-trifling matter of the second tier’s title to settle, as the teams were locked together on 97 points with one game still to play.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Meanwhile, that global temperature record that DiCaprio mentioned in his acceptance speech in 2016 seems almost trifling compared to what has happened since.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Flirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flirt. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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