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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
  • The biggest of big media — from Amazon to Fox and Tubi to Netflix — are aggressively courting creators for deals as marketers scramble to tap into the heat around personalities who ply their trade on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and the like.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 June 2026
  • In his place, acting President Delcy Rodríguez has been cautiously liberalizing the economy and courting foreign oil companies, while currying favor with Washington pragmatically and seeking relief from crushing sanctions.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Keep reading for more of our favorite charming finds below—all under $30.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • That ended Woo’s streak of home shutout innings at 32 1/3, which stretched over a span of five games dating to May 6 against Atlanta.
    Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Keyser was on the show for four episodes before she was removed from the Peacock dating show.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • The rhythm of the writing shows the staccato nature of those relationships, with their stops and starts, and how sometimes signs of seduction cannot be misinterpreted or not picked up at all.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 26 June 2026
  • There is no grand seduction scene.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • The indictment alleges that the defendants — Harman Pahal, 21, Cameron Chouanmasay, 20, Colton Malone, 21, Julian Calderon, 20, and Jaskarn Batth, 20 — met while attending Bullard High School in Fresno.
    Lyanne Wang, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Most cases involved people attending their first hearing in their immigration case.
    Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 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
  • The big market gains have contributed to the perception of a lack of equity and fairness in the economy, sparking outrage among many middle- and low-income Americans.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
  • Keyser was ejected from Love Island on June 25, after entering the season as a Casa Amor bombshell and sparking a connection with season 8 Islander Zach Georgiou.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 28 June 2026
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“Romancing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/romancing. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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