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The veganism was for health reasons but it also fit with a philosophy that he had been flirting with: effective altruism.

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2023

Haggis, 69, testified that he thought Breest had been flirting with him in encounters at movie premieres and occasional emails about screenings and show business, though Breest has said those interactions were just professional friendliness.

From Washington Times • Nov. 2, 2022

Before writing the screenplay, Oxford had been flirting with the idea of directing her own work.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2020

The woman told police Hernandez had been flirting with her and asked for her number.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2018

ONE of the Enslee housemaids, who had been flirting with the brindle-haired reporter Hallard, remembered in the midst of the panic that he was to take her that night to a moving-picture theater.

From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert