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But it is no secret that that Wolff courted Verstappen last year, and still has hopes of attracting him to the team - perhaps as early as 2026.

Author Douglas Rushkoff has seen this perverse trend firsthand, and says he’s been courted by elites for advice designing their doomsday bunkers and adapting for a future insulated from the coming collapse.

Trump, who said in his first administration that crypto's "value is highly volatile and based on thin air," reversed course last year as he courted the crypto vote.

It was live not because it had to be, but because “live” was exciting and dangerous, and, by the standards of network television, raw; it courted disaster, and sometimes disaster won.

George Lucas even courted Lynch to direct a “Star Wars” film, but Lynch turned down the offer.