beckoned
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A 1968 advertisement published in The Times beckoned investors to purchase their own two-acre lake for less than $12,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
As a high-schooler Busby performed locally; a music career beckoned, but based on his academic performance an FBI recruiter offered him a position in the bureau’s fingerprinting lab.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Over time, he and his apostles took on various ideologies, dropping them for new ones as times changed and power beckoned.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
At the victim's home, Holder fell asleep on her bed, then woke up and beckoned the woman, who was trying to sleep in her lounge, into her bedroom.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
He went where the man beckoned and stood near his chair, noticing the scent of cologne that emanated from him.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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