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temptress

[temp-tris] / ˈtɛmp trɪs /


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Karen Abbott is the author, most recently, of “Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2018

Hoppert: The sire of this third-place Preakness finisher is Curlin, who had stamina and speed, and his dam is Temptress, by Tapit.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2018

Temptress, lover, sufferer, scrapper — those have been Ms. Manson’s personae since Garbage started in 1995.

From New York Times • May 23, 2012

Gong Li fared better at a posh dinner for her film Temptress Moon; her tablemate was not some grubby journalist but the genial dauphin of nearby Monaco.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not only was her mother willing to name her Temptress in the first place, but she wasn’t smart enough to know what that word even meant.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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