Schmoozed

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 (2010)

Business interaction was lively throughout; at the fair, at the shows, at dinners and at after-hours jams, when players, promoters, presenters and press schmoozed till the wee hours. ❋ Michal Shapiro (2011)

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 (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. ❋ Jack Cashill (2011)

I schmoozed it up with the staff, and was offered a job that included food and accommodation once I finish my PC service. ❋ KateG (2009)

While the mayor schmoozed, the event's heads Stanley and Fiona Druckenmiller and George and Nancy Walker inspired much of the donations. ❋ Valentine Uhovski (2011)

And if Marty had schmoozed ten seconds longer, he would have been, too. ❋ Blue Tyson (2010)

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. ❋ Unknown (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. ❋ Anne Kadet (2011)

Morgan Freeman sat beside Betty White, who both schmoozed with Katie Couric. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Gone are the days when a clutch golf swing or well-schmoozed dinner might score you a spot in the C-suite. ❋ Unknown (2010)

After the presentations, the entrepreneurs schmoozed with the angels and tried to set up meetings after the event. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In a tiny room packed with friends, contest winners, Upper East Side society matrons and assorted celebrities, Streisand sang, joked, schmoozed, allowed herself to be photographed from her usually verboten right side and generally acted like an alternate universe, just-us-folks-Barbra. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To ensure a good grade, I was being schmoozed, not served, by eager front-line workers hoping that I'd return the favor and inflate their ratings. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He also promises to browbeat foreign investors, whom he has schmoozed as a ceo, into giving the Philippines another look. ❋ Unknown (2010)