intrigue

Slowly, the narrator is drawn into a web of deception and intrigue, unrest and perhaps even revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Nik Cohn’s “Corner Boy: Loiterings New and Old” is alive with mystery, intrigue and revelation.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

Nonetheless, the team will still feature plenty of intrigue roster-wise, with a mix of youngsters “doing TikToks” and “old heads” trying to keep up, as Garland described it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Ever since City moved to secure the future signing of a then 14-year-old Sullivan back in 2024, there has been plenty of intrigue around his progress, and hype to go with it.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Convinced as he was of his total solitude, this did not concern him, but it did intrigue him slightly.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

The author of ‘Queens and Kings’ on books that unveil the lives of English royalty, from Tudor splendor to Victorian household intrigues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Uganda's tempestuous army chief has once again vowed to run for president and succeed his long-ruling father, but palace intrigues are swirling as he faces a challenge from a brother-in-law.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Hawk and Pína present a noticeably different picture of a relationship than most rom-coms offer — a kinetic, unpredictable spark that fuels the movie’s uncertainty and intrigues the audience tenfold.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

What intrigues the city, for at least part of the parking lots around Angel Stadium: a youth sports park for all those travel ball teams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

So our little intrigues played out while women whispered over the backs of the sofas and men, after supper, passed the port and listened to tales of the wars against the French and the Indians.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Charlie Leshko, a retired maintenance man and janitor who lives in a seniors residence in Hazleton, was intrigued by the cash offer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

"Sleep may appear peaceful, but the brain is highly active -- especially when dreaming. We were intrigued by this paradox, and wanted to look into the scientific basis behind why dreaming is somehow tiring."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Angus Wainwright, regional archaeologist for the National Trust's East of England region, said the structure had always intrigued him.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

So when she discovered a medbed Facebook page two years ago, she was intrigued.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

I had long been intrigued by the piano, and I could hear a song on the radio and pick the notes out on the piano keys.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

And for investors, Micron’s ability to churn out so much cash is intriguing because of what the company soon plans to do with it.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

This is the intriguing proposition of a new book by Ben Macintyre, a British author and journalist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

His more intriguing, and sobering, statistic is how much revenue AI would have to garner to justify that boom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The cornea was an especially intriguing target because its precise curvature determines how effectively the eye focuses light.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

“I’ve always hated foam chairs covered in fabric, because they seemed hot and sticky. The skin is an organ, it breathes. This idea of getting something breathable like the straw hat was intriguing to me.”

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell