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have been wooing

  • present perfect progressive of woo.

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With days left to the election, Australian opposition candidates have been wooing a crucial group that turned its back on the conservative Liberal-National coalition in the last election: Chinese Australian voters.

From BBC May 1, 2025

Fashion brands have been wooing sports stars for a while now, transforming their “tunnel walks” into catwalks and signing them as official “faces,” but none of them has had a promotional opportunity like this one.

From New York Times Feb. 9, 2024

Ohio State and SEC schools have been wooing him intensely.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 30, 2021

Desperate to diversify the economy amid low oil prices and an uncertain fossil fuel future, Saudi leaders have been wooing global investors to boost their domestic economy.

From Washington Times Feb. 18, 2020

The younger voice was deep, soft enough to have been wooing and as musical as a chant.

From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth