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attract

[uh-trakt] / əˈtrækt /


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While the waves will attract experienced surfers, the National Weather Service says the hurricane is bringing life-threatening surf and rip currents that make swimming hazardous.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

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

From BBC Jul. 27, 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

It lowered prices to $19.95 and up to attract more diners, and cut its operating hours to stem losses.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

To allow himself to speak or cry out would be to attract the spiders again.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

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

But with few barriers to entry, the sector still attracts many workers who migrate from rural areas to cities in search of opportunity, often juggling jobs across several households in a day.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 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

“Now, Hattie, don’t be surprised if our laundry attracts company.”

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

The experienced keeper become a cult hero and attracted millions of new followers on social media after Cape Verde claimed their first-ever World Cup point against Spain in the group stage.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

The trip and the subsequent reversal in her feelings toward Ukraine have attracted scrutiny.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 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

Michael Trazzi, who founded and leads the Stop the AI Race movement, attracted attention last year when he went on a hunger strike outside Google DeepMind’s London office.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

“Warning not to be attracted by you, do you mean, Estella?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Latitude Festival is marking its 20th anniversary this year and from small beginnings has become a four-day music and culture event attracting a total crowd of about 135,000 people.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Netflix's biggest success so far came when Jake Paul faced former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in November 2024, attracting an estimated 125 million viewers globally.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

At this stage, generating responses quickly might also matter as much as a super-advanced AI model in attracting and retaining users.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 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

And when the subject of the main clause is the dummy element it or there, the reader glides right over it, and it poses no danger of attracting a dangler.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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