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intrigue

noun as in love affair

verb as in arouse curiosity

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Pulisic’s situation added to the layers of intrigue leading to the roster selection, the most anticipated in many years because of a deepening player pool and the momentum from two summer championships.

In these next five weeks, the twilight of a lost season for both clubs, it will be rare to stir much intrigue outside their own dugouts.

It is a film with tension and intrigue of the deepest of love stories.

The plot hinges on a sliver of political intrigue—involving an activist played by Vicky Krieps, of Phantom Thread fame—that doesn’t really justify all these weird goings-on.

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His lawyer says he was paid based on other more substantial services and even risks Hughes took but declined to elaborate, further stoking the intrigue.

He held intrigue for journalists converging for the transition of papal power.

On another, more macro level, did you find Europe to be such a cesspool of intrigue?

India really does intrigue against Pakistan in the same way Pakistan plots against India.

The quick-cut trailer suggests a soft-core romp with dramatic intrigue and wry one-liners.

The extra layer of intrigue alluded to in that statement is that the WWE itself is an international brand.

He professed both to abominate and despise all mystery, refinement, and intrigue, either in a prince or a minister.

The king fell in love with her, and his attempted intrigue led to complications that almost caused a war between France and Spain.

Black Hood knew what it was to be a policeman with hands bound by red tape or political intrigue.

However, if you can forget that, the coils of an admirably woven intrigue will grip your attention and sympathy throughout.

It preyed upon her mind, distorting it, unbalancing it; each glance, each movement of his she exaggerated into an intrigue.

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On this page you'll find 157 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to intrigue, such as: chicanery, complication, conspiracy, fraud, machination, and plot.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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