flirt (with)

as in to woo
to act so as to make (something) more likely you're flirting with death by driving so recklessly

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  • Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has a tough needle to thread, as he’s been wooing Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who say spending cuts to Medicaid have gone too far.
    Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 20 June 2025
  • Fort Lauderdale spends millions wooing developers to invest in Sistrunk.
    David Schutz, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2025
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  • Impressed by his talent, Eva mentors him and even invites him to live with them.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 30 June 2025
  • At present, only those explicitly invited, many of whom are a select group of superfans with large followings in the Tesla community, may hail one of his robotaxis.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 30 June 2025
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“Flirt (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flirt%20%28with%29. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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