Example Sentences

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Zimbabwe is "flirting with an opportunity" to maximise revenue from the global green energy boom, said human rights defender Rashweat Mukundu.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The U.S.’s second-largest trading partner is flirting with recession, unemployment has risen to its worst non-pandemic levels in almost a decade, and business investment has stalled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

There’s a huge barrage of news that has hit investors this week, but the bigger picture is that the stock market is flirting with records at a time when faith in the economy is eroding.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 30, 2025

How Champions League games in America might work: European football is flirting with the idea of playing games overseas, but could it really happen?

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2022

Andrew is flirting with the Fletcher girl in the Blue Salon; I am here, and Lavinia is amusing herself with Lovelace.

From The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century by Heyer, Georgette