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attract

[uh-trakt] / əˈtrækt /


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Every summer, female glow worms put on a remarkable display, emitting a bright green light to attract males.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Those types of toys attract an audience that is typically older, increasingly including adults, and more likely to make repeat purchases.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Today, the r/backrooms subreddit contains hundreds of thousands of members, while Backrooms content across TikTok and Instagram continues to attract enormous engagement.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

To help attract young families, the spokesperson said that kids meal prices have not risen.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Frank Hurley, the twenty-four-year-old photographer, had been to the Antarctic with an explorer named Douglas Mawson, and was a key member because of the financial backing he could attract.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Poland's most popular Marian devotion site is a painting known as the "Black Madonna", in Czestochowa, southern Poland, that attracts between 3.5 and five million pilgrims every year.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

It attracts carrion beetles and flesh flies, which lay their eggs on rotting animal carcasses.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Taking place over seven weeks, organisers say the event attracts 2,000 players from 100 countries, with some of the world's top esports stars among them.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

So we get to witness the arguments, which unfortunately for the responsible parties—the “org” that attracts bile online and off—seem to portend the struggles to come.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

I go one night with her to Cesare’s Ristorante, a white-tablecloth restaurant that attracts a crowd of regulars—politicians, police brass, merchants, and just longtime residents.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

The company quickly attracted some $2 billion in funding from venture capital heavyweights such as Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

These compounds have attracted growing interest in pharmaceutical research because of their distinctive sulfur chemistry and their ability to participate in redox reactions.

From Science Daily Jul. 24, 2026

I’ve been a disruptor, and the disruption I’ve caused has attracted enough people.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

But this claim that has attracted scorn from figures in the art world.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

“Yep, has fits,” the man said, hiding his mangled hand from the baggageman, who had been attracted by the sounds of struggle.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London

Sports remain a strong tool for attracting viewers—and, in turn, advertisers—in a fragmented media landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Sometimes he is not even getting the ball but is attracting defenders to make space for his team-mates.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Manchester has been agile in attracting private capital to build infrastructure, especially housing, partly because it had to.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

The audience Kalshi is attracting is different from its typical trader base, which skews heavily toward males.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Besides, after that nighttime visit in London, I'm not interested in attracting a dangerous audience.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins




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