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The company is courting these customers with a wider selection of higher-priced items—think $5—and stores in more affluent areas like Plano, Texas, where the retailer opened its 9,000th store in North America last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Brazil is courting $125 billion from governments and private financiers for a global investment fund that proposes making annual payments to developing countries for every hectare of forest they keep standing.

From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025

This time, he is courting South Korea's powerful conglomerate businesses, the chaebols.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2025

Armenia, too, has reached out to Europe, angered that Moscow, a longtime ally, is courting its enemy, Azerbaijan.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2024

While Theo is courting Jo, Vincent has written only once—about their trip to the museum, and “electric” conversations about art.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman