verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attempt
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His attempt to woo the West Bank has definitively failed.
effort
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Microsoft apparently put little effort into wooing them.
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Apple cut prices by as much as 25 percent in December in an effort to woo holiday buyers.
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Tempers flared as each man dashed from one campaign appearance to the next in a last-minute effort to woo New Yorkers.
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A producer had fed them silly in an effort to woo them to do a film.
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With every letter she tried to top her last efforts and woo him with wit.
voter
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Buchanan, by contrast, has waged a vigorous Arizona campaign, wooing voters with his anti-immigrant, anti-corporate and anti-Washington themes.
■ VERB
try
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Stop trying to woo youngsters with the 25 and 45.
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The evil sorcerer had been trying to woo the princess, but she remained loyal to her husband.
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The very existence of the Mac fanatics fueled the resistance of those whom Apple was most trying to woo .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Colleges have been aggressively wooing the top African-American and Hispanic students.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bosses defied the law to woo last-minute Christmas shoppers from Oxford Street rivals.
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But Cassie was far too angry to be wooed.
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For a certain period Mr Sammler lad resisted such physical impressions-being wooed almost comically by momentary and fortuitous sweetness.
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Microsoft apparently put little effort into wooing them.
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San Diego city librarians will not be the only suitors wooing the computer magnate.
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Upon taking office, Chavalit, a former army chief, wooed the military to try to shore up his political power.
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When I woo her, as perhaps I mean to do, I shall be more than her equal.