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lure

[loor] / lʊər /




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It's another to resist the lure of guaranteed success and riches to instead drag your boyhood side to glory.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

In St. Clair, Magna has opened its facility to tours by other automakers and suppliers, hoping to lure new business to occupy empty swaths of the factory floor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The tools tested by AFP sought to lure students and academics as clients, with two of them claiming their users came from top institutions such as Cornell University.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

There are no worms in it, though viral video plays a part, and fame — the pursuit of which is a subject — is a lure.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

He used these cowry shells for fashion one fishing lure he named Kalokuna.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila




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