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beckon

[bek-uhn] / ˈbɛk ən /


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Venice’s legendary five-star hotels beckon those with unlimited budgets, but we hadn’t come to one of the world’s great walking cities to stay inside a hotel room.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

And like my home, the language of this room wants to invite and beckon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

The crypto surged past $100,000 in December 2024, on the expectation that the incoming administration would create a friendly regulatory environment and beckon in a so-called crypto golden age.

From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025

One hundred feet into the square, Café Iruña’s terrace and vapors of freshly brewed coffee beckon.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Their ears, necks, fingers, and hands are heavy with yellow twenty-four-carat gold jewels as they beckon you over to their counters.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung




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