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On Sept. 27, 1849, Poe appears to have boarded a steamer in Richmond, where he had been wooing a childhood sweetheart.

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2023

He soon moved the firm to Hong Kong, which had been wooing crypto traders and imposed little oversight on the nascent industry.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2022

Now, the regulators Bankman-Fried had been wooing are circling.

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2022

Manuela and Iwan Wirth had been wooing Hammons for fifteen years.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019

His passion for Dorothy had not abated one whit, and he was deeply mortified to find how rapidly Manners had been wooing and winning the maiden.

From Heiress of Haddon by Doubleday, William E.