intrigue
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The characters she has assembled have a peppery intrigue.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
The lack of information in the macabre death has fuelled intrigue and ignited an online following, with many hypothesising about the girl's connection to the Romantic Homicide singer.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Prediction markets are increasingly showing up in conversations about American culture, including Wall Street palace intrigue.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
The space for knowledge and intrigue — for the excitement of vast human opinion — exists in the in-between.
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026
But when I urge him to speak out, to raise public interest as a defense against factional intrigue, he does not hear me.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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