intrigue
Example Sentences
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What’s Next: Prediction markets are increasingly showing up in conversations about American culture, including Wall Street’s own version of palace intrigue.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
"It was a bit looser than a friendship - it was more intrigue," says Hutchcroft, noting Barrett appeared to love playing the VIP in fashion houses and members' clubs.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
The space for knowledge and intrigue — for the excitement of vast human opinion — exists in the in-between.
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026
And I think that’s, to be honest, where the sort of intrigue or interest into that transportation into another.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026
Years of false leads, years of international intrigue: it was all over.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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