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“The threats to its bottom line were not that some other company would seduce its customers but that consumers would change their habits,” Mr. Levinson writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

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

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

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

In one photo, Berlant, fresh from glam, seduces the camera; in the other, her face contorts into a rascally grin, eyes half-crossed for effect.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

Danielle Pinnock’s character, a Jamaican woman who is taken to America by a wizened older man she refers to as the “old raisin,” has a brassy boldness and bawdiness that also seduces the audience’s affections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 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 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 Samuel Johnson

Take “Avatar,” which seduced audiences with its immersive 3D format so intensely that some viewers reported experiencing depression returning to the real world.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

“It is reprehensible that a state corrections officer can be seduced by greed and manipulated by others to commit such crimes that endanger the public,” Hochman said in the statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

“Any fool can tell a lie,” she explained, “but the right method is to tell the truth in such a way that the intelligent reader is seduced into telling the lie for himself.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 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

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

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

Provided Mencken's declared victory survives the inevitable legal challenges, that means Roman is continuing his father's business model of seducing presidents to fatten the corporate bottom line.

From Salon ● May 20, 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