intrigue
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Vance's appearance adds intrigue to the closing night.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Explosive relationship scandals have ushered in a new era of reality TV intrigue in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The company aims to drum up intrigue this week by placing oversize pink luggage trunks across New York City before sailing a pink branded boat around Manhattan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Generally speaking, we at the Slatest try to avoid getting wrapped up in palace intrigue, especially media palace intrigue.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
I’m sure that behind my back the two of them were weaving every kind of intrigue.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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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
A question that intrigues me is why investors fall for these shooting stars in the first place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 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
"I just take what intrigues me from different genres and different moods and apply them to the stories I want to tell."
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
For example, one class of scales that intrigues some composers is symmetrical scales.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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"I was so intrigued when Dr. Stenton first contacted me, telling me about his work and asking if I'd be willing to provide a DNA sample," Preston said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
“That was a huge learning experience for me, just being so close to Sean and seeing all the stuff he had to deal with. That’s where it kind of intrigued me and piqued my interest.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
He made his first visit to Tirana to watch England's footballers play Albania last year – but then found himself intrigued by all the signs for dentists.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Folks might be especially intrigued by things the Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has been doing lately that start to overlap with the Fed’s sphere of influence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Delving through books, he discovered the writings of Catholic theologians, and he became intrigued with the religion.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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“This sounds like an intriguing topic, but remember: The Big Print promises and the Fine Print taketh away.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Perhaps the most intriguing comment made by Pollock this week was a desire to explore "other sports" during his career.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Ultimately, it is the face’s unreliability that Ms. Bound-Alberti renders at once intriguing and maddening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The new genomic analysis offers another intriguing connection.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
The judge's dramatic warnings now made Mr. McMillian's emotional claim of innocence too intriguing to put off any longer.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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