tantalize
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To tantalize and tease prospective viewers, the marketing team behind “Babygirl” has leaned all the way in, emphasizing the movie’s Christmas Day release in promotional materials that demand audiences “get everything you want” this holiday.
From Salon β Dec. 30, 2024
No matter the answer, Gef has continued to vex and tantalize for decades.
From National Geographic β Sep. 19, 2023
It’s a statement, all right — not a confirmation or a denial, but a seizing of the moment to tantalize the world with possibility: So what if they were?
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 23, 2023
Such cries of anguish tantalize media moguls, more than a few of whom spent the past year wooing Moonbug’s top executives.
From New York Times β May 5, 2022
The dense brown forest on either side never seemed to vary, and ahead there was only a new bend in the river to tantalize her.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
The possibility tantalizes the philosopher, but even more so the astronomer: planets around red dwarfs are easier to find than around any other type of star.
From Scientific American β Sep. 14, 2023
As for online dating itself, that's even worse because it tantalizes with the promise of connection, but in order to stay in business, the algorithm for these apps are designed to be ineffective.
From Salon β Feb. 27, 2020
But the performance that perhaps most tantalizes is Dianne Wiest as Winnie in Samuel Beckett’s “Happy Days,” a play that recognizes no distinction between comedy and tragedy.
From Los Angeles Times β Mar. 21, 2019
Like a tip from Warren Buffett, the combination tantalizes.
From Washington Post β May 22, 2017
The gene provides an organizing principle for modern biology—and it tantalizes us with the prospect of controlling our bodies and fates.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
She kept fans tantalized with rumors that a penchant for long-sleeved shirts in her later years concealed two full sleeves of tattoos.
From Salon β Aug. 25, 2026
He may have tantalized the crowds with promises of one more thing, but he always believed in the power of fewer things.
From The Wall Street Journal β Mar. 21, 2026
Back then, Ohtani’s 100-mph fastball and wicked off-speed repertoire had tantalized evaluators.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 17, 2025
But they are tantalized by possibilities beyond the game.
From New York Times β Feb. 9, 2024
They were on the verge of a major discovery, and the glory of it perhaps tantalized them.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
The growing popularity of these products hinges on a tantalizing hook: bond-like yield payments that may, in some cases, exceed 15% as a target.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 18, 2026
"I think the great significance of these findings, and the tantalizing picture that it promotes, is a great motivation and reason to further examine solid-state nitrogen physics at very low temperatures," Umurhan said.
From Science Daily β Sep. 17, 2026
But it can still lay claim to being a flagship roller coaster, one with enough mechanical and storytelling hitches to give it a tantalizing oddness.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 11, 2026
Parton did not offer specifics about how such arrangements could work, or how her estate would handle the rights issues, but it offers the tantalizing prospect of Parton tunes for years to come.
From Barron's β Aug. 26, 2026
But they too had been captivated by the tantalizing smell.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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