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Noun
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Wallets, coins, and rings are carelessly passed around this little society, and messages are corrupted—from Orsino’s wooing of Olivia, which is accidentally undone by his own go-between, Viola, to the letters that deceive Malvolio.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025 -
That includes the wooing of influencers, who are sometimes paid to preview attractions, attend events and stay at hotels.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Famed for launching Downton Abbey, the network has been courting sale interest for well over a year, but for all the industry chatter and press speculation, ITV’s silence has been stony.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
8 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, GammaTime and Holywater are planning to bring more of a traditional Hollywood approach by courting film and TV regulars for their products, a move that’s bound to increase the bottom line.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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After meeting Taylor Hackford at 38 and then dating for a decade, the two tied the knot in 1997 in Scotland.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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The couple got engaged in June 2023 after three years of dating.—
Danielle Minnetian,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Due to a positive audience response to the pairing, the writers retconned the scene as a seduction, rather than rape.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
22 Dec. 2025
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For years, Laura's rape was treated as a sort of seduction — until 1998 when Luke and Laura's son Lucky (Jonathan Jackson) finds out the dark history behind his parents' romance.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Middleton first carried the Small Hudson bag from DeMellier in a rich mocha brown while attending Christmas Morning Service at Sandringham Estate.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Among the companies attending are Chevron, which still operates in Venezuela, and ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips, which both had oil projects in the country that were lost as part of a 2007 nationalization of private businesses under Maduro’s predecessor, Hugo Chávez.—
Josh Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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My goal in my team building is to eliminate as many weekly lineup decisions as possible, but the player pool, injuries, matchups, and underperformance invite week-to-week massaging of all positions.—
Shawn Childs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2025
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The interior aims for a whisper quiet experience with acoustic glass, and features leather seats with heating, cooling and massaging functions.—
Tony Leopardo,
Mercury News,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The hotter temperatures are sparking changes in precipitation—rainier rains and drier droughts.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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The confrontation is sparking a conversation about theater etiquette.—
Kristie Keleshian,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Romancing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/romancing. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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