lure

Example Sentences

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Barshay was behind a push to adopt a more flexible compensation model for partners that makes it easier to lure lucrative hires with outsize offers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 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

The zoo said recent sightings have been centred around the same area, with thermal drones, camera traps and traps baited with melon being used to lure her out.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 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

By those mementos I’d found under the floorboard—the Wiggle King lure, the Liberty Head silver dollar, Shady’s cork, and the tiny nesting doll—I was connected to this place and those people.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool