gallanting

present participle of gallant

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gallanting
Verb
  • An even more literal family reunion also took place over the weekend, with Ye and ex-wife Kim Kardashian both attending their daughter North West’s first headlining show at the Vic Theatre in Chicago on September 5.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Over 6,000 market delegates are attending, up about 1,000 from last year, and hundreds of those are sellers who haven’t attended TIFF in a decade and are flying overseas to be in Toronto.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • As the powerhouse publisher behind blockbuster books by Dave Grohl, Cher, Debbie Harry, and Geddy Lee, Carrie Thornton is used to wooing rock stars in order to acquire their memoirs.
    Lori Majewski, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Tennessee has been wooing Paramount, and Ellison’s father, Larry Ellison, had moved his software behemoth Oracle to Nashville two years ago.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Bosa’s injury last year resulted in his third ACL surgery and the second on his right knee, dating to high school.
    Matt Barrows, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Lawmakers have been eyeing changes like prohibiting lawmakers from dating staff members, updating reporting systems and retaliation protections, and increasing educational and training resources.
    Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Anthropic declined to submit its latest model for testing to a top British AI safety institute, sparking fears in the UK that reviews of frontier AI would become the sole province of Washington.
    Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Less than two weeks after sparking dating rumors on TikTok in early March 2025, the pair confirmed their relationship with a hard launch on Instagram.
    Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But the teams behind Kalshi and Polymarket aren’t just courting users with regular advertisements.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Garcetti was already courting Lucas and Hobson, and initially proposed that the museum replace the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.
    Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • To stay above the water, many people are applying for additional credit cards and taking out loans and second mortgages.
    Eric Khant, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026
  • When taking out of the refrigerator to reheat one or two slices, a skillet is a popular way to revive leftover pizza.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
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“Gallanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallanting. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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