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  • past participle of lure.
  • past tense form of lure.

lured



ADJECTIVE
induced
Synonyms
STRONG
cajoled convinced






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In his first UK broadcast interview, the Wall Street Journal correspondent said he realised he had been "lured into a trap" when masked men surrounded him at a restaurant in March 2023, and arrested him.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Supporters point to the increasing number of productions that have left the U.S., lured by more extensive incentives offered by other countries, including the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Financial adviser Michael Haubrich was racing against time to figure out how to help a pair of his firm’s clients who he thought were being lured by a scam.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Icebreakers, in his vision, would clear an Arctic path for Canadian fertilizer to sail east, over the Northwest Passage that lured centuries of explorers into the Polar sea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Other Shards of Asase Yaa—other children of the Earth—who Benefo lured and betrayed by sending them to Nansi for his horrible science project.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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