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UniCredit has wooed Commerzbank shareholders with promises of higher returns by refocusing its activity on the German market to spur faster growth.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

But doing so would likely mean targeting companies that the state has wooed as potential job creators.

From Salon • May 23, 2022

It is hardly a secret, McConnell said, that he has wooed Manchin for years, only to have Manchin, a lifelong Democrat, resist.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2021

Publicis, which has wooed new customers by promising targeted campaigns based on large pools of data, now expects to regain those losses a year earlier than anticipated.

From Reuters • Jul. 22, 2021

Even though she read it in print she would disregard it, for her attitude to them papers is sceptical; even Lord Northcliffe, with all his many voices, dulcet or commanding, has wooed in vain.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 16, 1917 by Various