enticement
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The thin float and retail investor enticement created an artificial scarcity — if you were a small investor hankering for a piece of SpaceX action the only place to go was an overheated stock market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
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
Saudi Arabia would have been fertile ground for Salah financially, but it could not offer the enticement of the biggest honours in the game, something he can still pursue at Liverpool.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2025
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
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