beckon
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Adds Miyashita: "These puzzles beckon our curiosity. After all, spiral forms in nature have inspired human creations ranging from rotini pasta, to a barber's pole or even portrayals of the biblical 'Tower of Babel'."
From Science Daily β Sep. 1, 2026
But after the theatre and drama of Monday, the hard questions for the Labour Party and for Burnham beckon.
From BBC β Jun. 22, 2026
In one area of the two-story cafe, restaurant and bar, constellations beckon.
From Los Angeles Times β Feb. 26, 2026
The mountains beckon to me not only because I find them beautiful.
From The Wall Street Journal β Dec. 12, 2025
When our solar system is all explored, the planets of other stars will beckon.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Another day of danger beckons for this battered European metropolis.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 4, 2026
Once the final track has been played, “F.I.G” beckons us to replay, revel in our emotions and dance once, maybe twice or thrice, more.
From Salon β Jun. 5, 2026
Overseas opportunity still beckons for the concert industry, even as Americans feel the sting of high inflation and demand shows signs of returning to earth from the postpandemic peak.
From MarketWatch β May 6, 2026
"But it's fabulous that he's put it on the map, isn't it? Surely a statue beckons."
From BBC β May 2, 2026
Musab beckons me with a jerk of his head.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
“Without Lilith Fair there would be no Daisy Chain,” said Olivia Rodrigo, who beckoned McLachlan to the stage Saturday night to perform her 1997 hit, “Building a Mystery.”
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 1, 2026
After making his name in his native Denmark with the 1996 crime drama “Pusher” and its sequels, he was beckoned to America.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 23, 2026
Over time, he and his apostles took on various ideologies, dropping them for new ones as times changed and power beckoned.
From Salon β Jun. 25, 2026
Fresh from declaring a "new dawn" beckoned for Wales but unable to get into his Cardiff flat late at night, ap Iorwerth then spent the evening in the budget hotel chain's modest surroundings.
From BBC β May 15, 2026
I looked; I stirred the fire, and I looked again: but she drew her bonnet and her bandage closer about her face, and again beckoned me to depart.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte BrontΓ«
Every time I open TikTok lately, I’m inundated with Kalshi ads beckoning me to bet on “Dancing with the Stars.”
From MarketWatch β Oct. 6, 2026
At the table beside mine, an older man kept beckoning strangers over to share his.
From Salon β Sep. 8, 2026
Masterful France captain Dupont again glided through the Welsh defence but centre Brau-Boirie lost possession with the try-line beckoning.
From BBC β Feb. 15, 2026
These creations seem to glow, beckoning us toward their surfaces to be enveloped by the inviting auras they emit.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jan. 9, 2026
How he followed the beckoning vision into the darkness despite Horatio’s warning that it might tempt him to madness.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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