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romancing

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verb

present participle of romance
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Noun
  • Bradley Beal, DeMar DeRozan, Donovan Mitchell, Damian Lillard and Kevin Durant — twice — all have been linked to Heat pursuits in recent years, none of the wooing reaching fruition.
    Greg Cote January 30, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
  • And Mike's wooing was not initially reciprocated – Claire was married, divorcing her first husband, Rachel and Dayna's father, when Dayna was a baby.
    Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Christie’s is not the only auction house courting the South Asian market with exhibitions.
    Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 May 2026
  • One of WorldFirst’s largest offices today is in London, Shi said, evidence the company is courting outbound European SMEs as well as inbound Asian ones.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Keep reading for more of our favorite charming finds below—all under $30.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Pepper-Jackson's eligibility to compete in girls' competitions in West Virginia has been a point of high-stakes legal contention dating back to 2021, when the state passed a bill that prevents biological males from competing in girls' sports.
    Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
  • Instead, the pope positions the technology as merely one in a long lineage of such technologies, dating from the Tower of Babel, which promise power and glory at the expense of human uniqueness.
    Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • The Austrian artist Valie Export, who died last week, at the age of eighty-five, saw the female body as a site of both seduction and opposition.
    Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
  • In a world that often feels increasingly bleak and politically exhausted, there’s comfort in leaning into softness, seduction, and fantasy, and in letting your wardrobe reflect that desire too.
    Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Verb
  • Fear of family separation led immigrants like Yolanda to stop going to work, taking their children to school, and even attending medical appointments or buying food.
    Yuliana Montiel, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
  • After Stagg convinces the leaders to postpone D-day, he is vindicated by a deluge of rain that arrives while everyone is attending church at Southwark House on June 5.
    Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Baby kale is delicate enough to use straight from the container—no massaging required.
    Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Torres toured comedy-theater clubs across the country to do his massaging.
    Adam Moss, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Experts said the announcement is sparking confusion and uncertainty among many, including potentially thousands in Chicago.
    Victor Jacobo, CBS News, 24 May 2026
  • After months of drought, the South is in dire need of rain, but lightning or rain that falls too fast could create additional problems, sparking fires or causing flash flooding.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 24 May 2026
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“Romancing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/romancing. Accessed 31 May. 2026.

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