temptation
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He told followers on X he had rejected a "pitiful" offer from the video game giant to use the group's top ten 1983 track Temptation in the upcoming GTA 6.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024
In 1988, Scorsese made “The Last Temptation of Christ,” an epic drama starring Willem Dafoe as Jesus of Nazareth and based on the 1955 book of the same name.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2024
After all this, you may be inclined to see Scott Calhoun’s “Night Air,” with its tortured landscape and white owl, as a new treatment of the Temptation of St. Anthony.
From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024
I’d even take “The Last Temptation of Christ” over “Rain Man,” as the latter feels more like a cultural artifact and the former remains a profound and sincere meditation on faith.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2023
Temptation had its way with my companions, and they untied the bag.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Vocabulary lists containing temptation
Bridge to Terabithia
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A Long Way from Chicago
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