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woo

verb

ˈwü

Definition of woo

as in to invite

to act so as to make (something) more likely his attempts to woo approval from working-class voters has not met with much success

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Recent Examples of woo There’s also a romantic moment between Jean and Logan as the roughneck hero tries to figure out the best way to woo her after their initial meeting. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026 OpenAI is making a deeper push to woo corporate customers, in part to catch up with rival Anthropic, which put an early focus on businesses and coding tools in addition to the consumer market. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Is there more that Samsung can do to woo customers on competing devices? — Marc Saltzman, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026 When a Van Leeuwen Ice Cream representative came to look at his space in the center of downtown Burbank in April, a senior city official was there to help woo the brand, said Kurt Kaufman of West Coast Investors, which owns the property. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for woo

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Diomandé’s time at DME Academy ended in 2024, but he had already been invited to trials at professional clubs around the world.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
According to one study using data from 2020, just 9% of adults reported ever being invited to participate in a clinical trial.

— Michelle Andrews, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

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Across Africa, political elites have often sought healthcare or maintained homes abroad, even as public services at home struggle.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
In the more familiar galaxy far, far away, their friends Hera Syndulla, Ezra Bridger, Zeb Orrelios and Chopper must face the powerful Grand Admiral Thrawn and his sinister allies, who seek to plunge the fledgling New Republic into war.

— Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

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