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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

HBO had already spent a mint trying to seduce viewers with its glamorous vision of antiquity.

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

And these sites seduce Americans with power and respect to say out loud stupid—and sometimes vile—things to please a loud and angry fringe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025

While Mozart’s aim was to charm, seduce and occasionally tease his audiences, Beethoven’s mission was to confront them.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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

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

The man had the strength of Hercules, but even physical strength has its penalty—it seduces one to over-exertion.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers by Elbert Hubbard

And both Mr. Ralph, as Mia’s husband, Barry, who is most seduced by dreams of tech millions, and Mr. Tippett as Paul give fine portraits of men on the cusp of middle-aged anxiety.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Top among them are the United States, where Americans on both coasts enjoy the cocktail hour staple -- but whose interior has yet to be seduced by the spritz.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 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

Like turntables, typewriters, tiki bars and film cameras, these midcentury motels are back, seducing millennials, Gen Z and baby boomers like the character Johnny Rose on the beloved TV series “Schitt’s Creek.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 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

Khan has crafted a deliciously arrogant and poised public persona, forever seducing us with moments of self-disclosure followed by self-deprecating intellect and bitter sarcasm.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2022

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

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds