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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Verb
  • More recently, Fox has sought public records that related to the process by which Smartmatic was awarded its Los Angeles County contract in 2020, including efforts to woo Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder Dean Logan.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Meta, for example, is dishing out $100 million signing bonuses to woo top OpenAI researchers.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
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  • In that case, consider inviting your friends to drop in on a class with you someplace else.
    Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025
  • First Presbyterian Church of Bentonville, 901 N.E. J St., is inviting those interested in singing in the choir to join the summer Pick-up Choir by dropping in the choir room at 9:15 a.m. to learn a simple pick-up anthem for the 10:15 a.m. worship service.
    Carin Schoppmeyer, Arkansas Online, 17 Aug. 2025
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“Flirt (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flirt%20%28with%29. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.

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