enticement

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A year ago, Warner Bros. shares were trading at around $8, so the $31-per-share offer from Paramount was a strong enticement.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Such uncertainty is the main enticement of this small, mercurial book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Oates leads us through Fox’s lurid world, drawing deliberately uncomfortable parallels between his calculated actions and the work of novelists and teachers, each of whom must also use enticement and enchantment to reach their mark.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

Instead, the enticement of this sort of think piece delights not in the brutality of violence but in the intricacy of the artful con.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2024

Further enticement was provided by a beautiful psychology grad student named Julia Mae Green, who after graduation would be returning to her native Virginia.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly