intrigue
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You’re also indulging in way too much intrigue.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
The series, a Bavaria Fiction/Sky One production, found the ballast it needed for long-form storytelling in several indelible female characters, two Lothar-Günther Buchheim novels—“Das Boot” and “Die Festung”—and intrigue on both land and sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
That doesn’t save “Cape Fear” from being a 10-hour slog set to an imitation of Bernard Herrmann’s anxiety-inducing score, but it does lend a little intrigue to Antosca and Bardem’s interpretation of Max.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
‘Beef,’ ‘Hacks’ and ‘The Pitt’ seem set to run the table in this year’s Emmy nominations, but there’s still intrigue to be found in the race, writes columnist Glenn Whipp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
It reflected his genuine conviction that England was an inherently corrupt society, the bastion of monarchical power, aristocratic privilege, and courtly intrigue.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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More than 220 years later, the Lewis and Clark expedition still intrigues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
If the idea of moving into a university retirement community intrigues you, take these steps before signing a contract:
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026
"I just take what intrigues me from different genres and different moods and apply them to the stories I want to tell."
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
From the start, “The Gilded Age” has taken care to authentically depict Peggy’s narrative trajectory without denying the same juicy intrigues coloring other characters’ lives.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2025
Blunt maybe, but something about him intrigues me.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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What intrigued you, what worried you, about what he was facing in Season 2?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
I’m intrigued by the rise of AI influencers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Although "intrigued", a dyslexia diagnosis made her think she couldn't do it.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
It’s bold, a little funky, and exactly the kind of recipe that makes people either immediately intrigued or deeply skeptical.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
As much as Bobby wanted to play Euwe, the renowned doctor was just as intrigued by the prospect of playing the prodigy.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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The appointment makes the upcoming camp hugely intriguing as the countdown begins to the new man's first squad announcement.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
One of the key reasons the Jacobian conjecture is so intriguing is that, in theory, it should be easy to find a counterexample.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
It certainly sparks an intriguing question about the nature of romantic love, something too often associated with “being saved” in Marvel, and many other, films.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Writing in The Times, Beard bemoaned that the poem's "erotic puzzles, the teasing ironies, the intriguing questions about truth and falsehood" had been replaced with "a rather ponderous Hollywood message about civilisational decline".
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The initial footage was intriguing, however, since it provided the first real glimpse of Bobby since his match with Spassky in 1992.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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