attract
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To attract patrons, the Los Angeles County Library turned to some of the most familiar faces on earth: Hello Kitty and her friends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
But there was certainly a concerted effort to attract the eye of younger shoppers with a fashion-forward approach to Christmas party staples like sequinned dresses, tasselled skirts and see-through lace tops.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Over the longer term, Man Group has a sustainable competitive advantage over its peers, while the analysts also expect the group’s liquid alternative and credit strategies to attract more institutional investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The restaurant is open past the museum’s hours, hoping to attract museumgoers, neighborhood locals and everyone in between.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Our goal should be to attract the attention of the people who have the power to revoke the permits for the metal detectors.”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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The group hosts a weekly car show in San Clemente that often attracts thousands of performance cars and muscle cars, according to its website.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Mount Fuji attracts more than 200,000 hikers every year during its official opening period from July through September.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
"It attracts more attention to have a wonderful cover than a Kindle," said Nogueira.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
It attracts more than 2,000 delegates and retains some of the original features such as the MacTaggart lecture – named after the ground-breaking drama producer James MacTaggart who had died two years before.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Black attracts lint, and I’ve forgotten my clothes brush.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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A surrogacy case that has attracted national attention is now before the Supreme Court, and it raises a question that goes to the heart of what it means to be a parent.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
One US buyer of Palantir clothing, who didn't want to be named, says it was attracted by the controversy and "amount of people talking about it".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
"Hyperscalers had attracted much of that buying, while the supply chain remained one of the cleanest expressions of the belief that the AI capex machine would keep running at full throttle," he added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
“If you have a superadvanced intelligence, it will be smart enough to kill us,” said Jacob Coxon, the resigned Anthropic researcher whose social media post attracted over 150 million views.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
She incautiously took a deep breath to bring the heavenly odors closer—and the sound attracted the attention of the chief wife.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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The company is attracting renewed interest from investors drawn to its growth prospects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Canada is implementing a tax change tied to the accelerated write off of capital equipment that attempts to move the country toward Prime Minister Mark Carney’s goal of attracting nearly $1 trillion of new investment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
In recent months, the government of interim president Delcy Rodriguez has launched reforms in the oil and mining sectors aimed at attracting much-needed foreign investment.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
BunkFest is one of the UK's largest free festivals, attracting more than 30,000 visitors.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Third,” the sphinx said, louder, and its wings opened for just one moment, a great sweep of feather and threat, and the air shook, “because it is a way of attracting food.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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