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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

No marketing copy trying to seduce you into believing it’s more than it is.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025

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

Predictably, there’s a storm of fascination around Cignetti, and the snotty assumption that some bumbling Goliath like Penn State or Florida State will helicopter in with a Godfather offer and seduce the Hoosier coach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025

At first Baby Kochamma tried to seduce Father Mulligan with weekly exhibitions of staged charity.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

When Sue Nyathi sent her debut novel The Polygamist to publishers, "they thought there was no market for the book" about a married Zimbabwean man and the women he seduces, she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

But their testimony alone can’t expose the devil’s bargain of realpolitik, which seduces the unwary with the notion that making others suffer will benefit us.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025

What can be worse than a man that lies to women and seduces an innocent girl under promise of marriage?

From The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts

Catherine Earnshaw, raised in the “disorderly, comfortless” gothic abode of Wuthering Heights, is seduced by the refinement of the neighboring Thrushcross Grange, “a splendid place carpeted with crimson.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 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

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

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

This one is not so easily seduced as was his Sworn Brother, Hotah thought.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026

Still, one wonders how much better this would be if its makers were more insistent on seducing the audience with humor instead of searching for ways to dance around it.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2024

Writer-director Brit McAdams’ debut feature takes the readily spoofable Bob Ross-ian allure of a honey-voiced, majestically permed instructor seducing viewers with his therapeutic landscapes, and gives it a gentle nudge into “Anchorman” territory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 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

I can’t imagine it seducing anything but a fruit fly.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood