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lure

[loor] / lʊər /




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A report in the Wall Street Journal late Wednesday said OpenAI’s chief executive officer Sam Altman is urgently exploring options to lure corporate customers away from its main competitor Anthropic.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

"My job was to lure them in and convince them to invest," said Jon, adding that he sometimes felt "proud" of the job he did.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The big screen lure of the Backrooms reflects the online rise of a very particular fear: the idea of a liminal - or transitional - space.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

And, as a campaign called “The Sacramento Pitch” unveiled its plan to lure a Major League Baseball expansion team to the state capital, the mayor made his pitch a blunt one.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

The father-ogre was trying to lure me onto his lap with some of the dried food pellets.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth




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