temptation
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"Temptation Island" shrinks disastrous outcomes to a manageable size, limiting the inhumanity to a few pairs of lovers stubbornly ignoring enough warning flares to turn the skies scarlet.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025
Temptation Island is just the latest in a string of particularly high-octane Spanish dating shows.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025
After all this, you may be inclined to see Scott Calhoun’s “Night Air,” with its tortured landscape and white owl, as a new treatment of the Temptation of St. Anthony.
From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024
I think even for “The Last Temptation of Christ,” back in 1983?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2023
“Had a lot of that back then, you know. Temptation, probably.”
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
Vocabulary lists containing temptation
Bridge to Terabithia
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Brown Girl Dreaming
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A Long Way from Chicago
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