tantalized
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Because for as many people as Byrd tantalized during her legendary cable run through the ’80s and ’90s, there were just as many who were outraged and scandalized by her sex-positive, queer-inclusive values.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Cancer vaccines have long tantalized and frustrated researchers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
The prospect of Latino voters coming to the polls in numbers proportional to their 40% share of the state’s population and transforming local and state races has tantalized activists and analysts for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
I am far from alone in being tantalized by its promise.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2023
Reporters tantalized their readers with stories about the “plutocratic Osage” and the “red millionaires,” with their brick-and-terra-cotta mansions and chandeliers, with their diamond rings and fur coats and chauffeured cars.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
