attract
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All of this uncertainty helps explain why rumours about Kim's health attract so much attention.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Two Sigma’s filing said disagreements between Overdeck and Siegel affected the firm’s ability to retain and attract employees, including senior ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
The breakthrough involves pushing ultracold cesium atoms far beyond their normal conditions by repeatedly changing how strongly they attract or repel one another.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Although developed to attract foreign visitors, the resort is also open to local tourists.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
To allow himself to speak or cry out would be to attract the spiders again.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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Anula took us to Tjöruhúsið, a local restaurant that attracts diners from across the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The niche, sometimes unbelievable drama of this community attracts rubberneckers who’ve never even attempted German short rows or an Italian bind-off in their lives.
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026
The city also attracts about 1.7 million overseas visitors each year.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The site now attracts volunteers of all ages and hosts activities including bat walks, birdwatching groups and events with schoolchildren aimed at encouraging a lifelong connection with nature.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
“And the English think their lavender attracts fairies. It’s got nothin’ on our desert sage.”
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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Reed’s online petition has attracted the attention of city Controller Kenneth Mejia, who said last week that he would investigate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
The show, created by Dunham when she was 23-years-old, attracted both praise and controversy during its airing.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Soviet Jewish immigrants arrived in large numbers during the 1990s, while affordable housing later attracted growing numbers of ultra-Orthodox families.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
One of the nation’s most prominent legal venues—the federal trial court in Manhattan—has attracted at least two notable betting markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Naturally, the lady’s unexpected presence in the tree had attracted the squirrel’s attention, and being nearly tame, the hungry scamp had come right up to her to beg for treats.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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But in recent years the world’s largest toy maker has expanded its reach, attracting more adults, teenagers and girls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
The Brunel Centre was once a thriving retail destination, attracting shoppers from far and wide.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Martha’s Vineyard, long known for attracting celebrities, has become the inevitable butt of memes as it battles the hostile arachnids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's right-wing government has prioritised attracting data centre investments to the Nordic country, which is grappling with record-high unemployment and sluggish economic growth.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Somehow as it rusted the object was attracting elemental particles from the air.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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