intrigue
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"The greasy pole is always something that sparked intrigue and you'd go and watch it. I don't ever remember seeing a female team though."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Back then, tennis stars such as Pete Sampras and Goran Ivanišević routinely hit dominant serves and played short points, offering little variety or intrigue for fans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
You’re also indulging in way too much intrigue.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
That doesn’t save “Cape Fear” from being a 10-hour slog set to an imitation of Bernard Herrmann’s anxiety-inducing score, but it does lend a little intrigue to Antosca and Bardem’s interpretation of Max.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
His eyes flashed and the shadow of a grin twisted on his face, the intrigue of the old Deydey who’d never been sick.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
More than 220 years later, the Lewis and Clark expedition still intrigues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
If the idea of moving into a university retirement community intrigues you, take these steps before signing a contract:
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026
The added layer of strategy intrigues Stephen Nelson, the Dodgers’ radio play-by-play voice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
From the start, “The Gilded Age” has taken care to authentically depict Peggy’s narrative trajectory without denying the same juicy intrigues coloring other characters’ lives.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2025
He had no taste for these intrigues, but he was beginning to realize that they were meat and mead to a man like Littlefinger.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
I’m intrigued by the rise of AI influencers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
I've had countless messages today from people who are intrigued by the whole thing.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
So it makes sense that now, as a wellness writer, I became intrigued by Body Dada, a barre fitness studio with locations in Highland Park and Silver Lake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Analysts are also intrigued by how much it can raise prices on these chips.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Of the various components, he was particularly intrigued by one kind of chemical.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The survey’s most intriguing results, however, concern the creative process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
It is Bezos's involvement that makes the deal so intriguing and will trigger speculation about the future plans of Liverpool's owners.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
But there may be an even more intriguing possibility.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
One of the key reasons the Jacobian conjecture is so intriguing is that, in theory, it should be easy to find a counterexample.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Though it’s intriguing, it’s also disproportional. You’re asking of me more than I did to you.”
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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