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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of schmooze.

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Examples

  • Alternativephrasing: A fifth of Pakistan is under water, and while Zardari schmoozed with world leadersin France, the Pakistan military busied itselfaccommodating U.S. air strikes instead of helping flood victims.

    Allison Kilkenny: But the Air Base Is Safe, Right? Allison Kilkenny 2010

  • While the mayor schmoozed, the event's heads Stanley and Fiona Druckenmiller and George and Nancy Walker inspired much of the donations.

    Stars and Sushi At Gracie Benefit Valentine Uhovski 2011

  • I schmoozed it up with the staff, and was offered a job that included food and accommodation once I finish my PC service.

    The Kindness of Strangers KateG 2009

  • By 1998, the year of the documentary and the year he and Obama schmoozed in Chicago, an Israeli scholar named Justus Reid Weiner had already done two years of hard-nosed research on the excellent adventures of Edward Said.

    Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011

  • And if Marty had schmoozed ten seconds longer, he would have been, too.

    Archive 2010-04-01 Blue Tyson 2010

  • I schmoozed it up with the staff, and was offered a job that included food and accommodation once I finish my PC service.

    Archive 2009-07-01 KateG 2009

  • At the end of 2 years of economic torture it's been brutal for our industry this group came, ate, talked, schmoozed, hugged, kissed, partied, drank, danced and celebrated in the hallowed marble halls of literature and knowledge.

    Liz Neumark: A Night with Patience and Fortitude Liz Neumark 2011

  • Starstruck reporters schmoozed with celebrities; the president made jokes at the expense of a red-faced and huffy Donald Trump; bloggers continued to Tweet madly, unimpeded by their black-tie attire, pausing only to gawk at the likes of Bristol Palin and Paul Rudd.

    The White House correspondents' dinner: an unseemly schmoozefest | Atossa Araxia Abrahamian 2011

  • While his office is on the West Side, he schmoozed with Verizon reps to get a number with a 686 prefix — it corresponds to Midtown East, where the most prestigious law firms are located.

    Attaining Area Code Chic Anne Kadet 2011

  • By 1998, the year of the documentary and the year he and Obama schmoozed in Chicago, an Israeli scholar named Justus Reid Weiner had already done two years of hard-nosed research on the excellent adventures of Edward Said.

    Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011

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