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A flurry of new schemes to launch Europe-based social networks faces a steep, rocky road to seduce users away from American and Asian giants in the sector.

From Barron's ● May 9, 2026

I also have questions for you about conscious or unconscious bias: What actual evidence do you have that this woman is trying to seduce your father?

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 1, 2025

While Putin might not be willing to make concessions on Ukraine, Russia has tried to seduce the U.S. administration into lifting sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025

Charlie doesn’t cook to impress or seduce; he cooks because his body demands sustenance, and this is what makes sense to him.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2025

It is possible, too, that Holmes simply offered the attorney cash for the information, or deployed his false warmth and teary regret to seduce the attorney into revealing the group’s mounting consensus.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Over and over again, he seduces us with color, engages us with delectable subject matter, and then stuns us with his overwhelming pictorial intelligence and inventiveness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

"This is a collective success by the whole country that perfectly demonstrates Spain's enormous attractivity, because Spain is a country that seduces the world," he said.

From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026

The late director Sydney Pollack, a frequent Redford collaborator, explained his allure this way: “Bob is a minimalist; he withholds, he never seduces his audience but makes them come to him.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025

It seduces with variety of color and texture — just as tangy cranberry compote refreshes after buttery mashed potatoes — but tends to leave you overstuffed.

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2023

The pleasure of being caressed, distinguished, and admired, easily seduces the student from literary solitude.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel

New kinds of screens, much smaller than theater screens, had seduced the fickle eyes of Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

Del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” starred a boyfriend from the Black Lagoon who seduced voters into awarding it best picture and best director in 2018.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

Madrid has emerged as a coveted global luxury housing destination as Latin American and US investors fuel a real estate boom, seduced by competitive prices and high living standards.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

Jamie Smith was batting nicely for his 26, resisting the bouncers of Marnus Labuschagne that seduced his awful shot in the first innings.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026

It’s impossible to imagine her as a typical Illustrian girl, angling for a good match, attending fetes and allowing herself to be seduced by fittingly highborn men.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Instead of singing about seducing women, he talked about empowering them.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026

Ghosts have infested a wealthy widow’s factory and are possessing appliances, seducing her son and cozying up to the prime minister for favors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

“May December” pivots on who is seducing or manipulating whom, which plays out through the final scene.

From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2023

“Everyday Play: A Campaign Against Boredom” from London design press Redstone has lately been seducing customers from its place of pride by the front door.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2023

The smell of barbecue sauce was seeping from the window upstairs, seducing the whole hood.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds