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coquetted

verb

past tense of coquet

as in flirted

to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun a group of college students coquetting with each other at the beach

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Drummond flirted with a preseason triple-double and posted eight points, nine rebounds, four assists and two steals in 20 minutes.

— Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
But that seems to be what my career has flirted [with] consistently, at that meeting point.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

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