allure
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The Emmy Award-winner also told the podcast a "next echelon" Oscar win still had "allure to me".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
It really is the allure that Carol has over Clark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
In fact, Morocco's economy is booming, at least on the surface, but experts say the persistent allure of life on the other side of the border is rooted in deeper anxieties, particularly among the young.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
That Costco is a safe subject for influencers only adds to the allure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
He understood the superficial allure of a Harvard faculty appointment, but he advised Birge, “It’s our duty to save Ernest from himself.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Broadway in the aughts was enthralled by the commercial allures of the jukebox musical.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2019
Gessen’s second novel, “A Terrible Country,” brilliantly captures the daily rhythms, allures and challenges of Moscow life in 2008-2009.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2018
Such uncanny beauty was one of the allures of polar travel.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 17, 2017
Puerto Rican tourism officials aim to capitalize on its abundance of tropical allures: warm weather, gorgeous beaches, and diverse geography, including El Yunque National Forest, the only tropical rain forest in a U.S. park.
From BusinessWeek ● Jun. 27, 2014
The pupil looks out upon this ocean which allures every man who is born to the life of culture.
From The Reform of Education by Giovanni Gentile
That year, label scouts began flocking to the city like never before, allured by Chief Keef’s thunderous “Finally Rich” mixtape, along with buzzing music by King Louie and Sasha Go Hard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
But for most of the 2000s, the market allured me and my brother with something else: a street lined with video game and computer stores.
From The Verge ● Aug. 11, 2022
As he received his medallion, Mr. Díaz, allured by the acoustics, burst into an excerpt from “Otello,” his deep voice reverberating throughout the room.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
Francis was allured by her experience in hockey, from her playing days to coaching and as an analyst.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
Terrest. observing that "divers allured by the beauty of its flowers, had brought it into these parts."
From The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 9 or, Flower-Garden Displayed by William Eleroy Curtis
On those songs, the percussive combination of Messrs. Hussain and Harland is striking—lively and festive on “Jai Ganga”; slyly grooving on “Tagore”; slow and alluring on “Bharati’s Dance, Tempo Divine.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
He also lets them know that certain alluring stocks may already be in their index funds, so buying more shares may be unnecessary.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
The promise of a big yield may sound alluring.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
While the stage pictures can be alluring, the effect is one of mood rather than storytelling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
The shared color, or more accurately the shared absence of color, produced an especially alluring range of effects as the sun traveled the sky.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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