tantalizing
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“There are tantalizing signs that businesses are starting to pull the trigger on new hires,” said Scott Anderson, chief U.S. economist at BMO Capital Markets.
From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026
There will be many more jaw-dropping moments in the tantalizing weeks ahead, many games that will take big turns.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
LONDON—United Airlines dangled a tantalizing offer a day before my flight to San Francisco.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
So-called leveraged exchange-traded funds offer a tantalizing prospect—to double, or sometimes triple, stock market moves.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
At that scale, even a small shift—like removing tantalizing photos of cool, icy glasses of soda from the kids’ menus—could have a real impact.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing tantalizing
The Giver
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The Things They Carried
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