intrigue

Nik Cohn’s “Corner Boy: Loiterings New and Old” is alive with mystery, intrigue and revelation.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

Nonetheless, the team will still feature plenty of intrigue roster-wise, with a mix of youngsters “doing TikToks” and “old heads” trying to keep up, as Garland described it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Ever since City moved to secure the future signing of a then 14-year-old Sullivan back in 2024, there has been plenty of intrigue around his progress, and hype to go with it.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Along the way the reader follows Graham as the academy’s intrigue threatens to consume him, to the detriment of his legal practice and his marriage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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

Anne Martens, a workshop attendee as well as an artist and poet, said the idea of surveillance and dissident art intrigues her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Uganda's tempestuous army chief has once again vowed to run for president and succeed his long-ruling father, but palace intrigues are swirling as he faces a challenge from a brother-in-law.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Hawk and Pína present a noticeably different picture of a relationship than most rom-coms offer — a kinetic, unpredictable spark that fuels the movie’s uncertainty and intrigues the audience tenfold.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

"Pep intrigues me," said Robinson, who is now head coach of Salford City.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

He seldom took her anywhere except to the movies and he never took her to parties where people of his own set danced and laughed and developed intrigues among themselves.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

Martínez Celaya added that he is particularly intrigued with the gray zone where “childhood ceases to be, and adulthood hasn’t come yet.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

I got the sense these strangers were surprised and intrigued to be hearing directly from the appellant-defendant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"Sleep may appear peaceful, but the brain is highly active -- especially when dreaming. We were intrigued by this paradox, and wanted to look into the scientific basis behind why dreaming is somehow tiring."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

"I was especially intrigued by the passage where he got out of his slump in the late 1990s by creating his own training regimen and finding his way back to the top," Raducanu told Uniqlo.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

They were artsy misfits who dressed exclusively in concert tees and ragged flannels, and it was those brooding qualities that intrigued me more than the cookie-cutter athlete and cheerleader types.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

Although the findings highlight intriguing possibilities, vanillin-based wound treatments would still need further development and clinical testing before their effectiveness and safety in patients could be established.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Still, the prospect of relieving pain while potentially slowing cartilage deterioration makes personalized walking adjustments an intriguing addition to the available treatment options.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

There are some intriguing centre-forward options coming through.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

This is the intriguing proposition of a new book by Ben Macintyre, a British author and journalist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Most intriguing was the possibility of a chain reaction: if neutrons emitted in fission struck neighboring nuclei and caused them to split, they might in turn emit even more neutrons, producing more fissions.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik