enticement

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A year ago, Warner Bros. shares were trading at around $8, so the $31-per-share offer from Paramount was a strong enticement.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

He was planning to go home when he was approached by a Russian man with an alluring offer: work as a restaurant cook for the equivalent of $5,200 a month—a staggering enticement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Oates leads us through Fox’s lurid world, drawing deliberately uncomfortable parallels between his calculated actions and the work of novelists and teachers, each of whom must also use enticement and enchantment to reach their mark.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

The amateur sleuthery means that the enticement still works even if there was nothing there to find.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2024

The same enticement that had led my grandparents to do the unthinkable now offered itself to Milton and Tessie.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides