tantalizing
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Tantalizing traces of ancient Martian life may have been found.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Tantalizing early results came from maize, in which plants with identical DNA had variations in traits such as kernel color that persisted for hundreds of generations.
From Science Magazine • Jul. 18, 2019
Tantalizing evidence is emerging, from the impaired reproduction of fish to altered soil microbe communities.
From Scientific American • Sep. 4, 2018
Tantalizing as it was, this new account had a curious problem: It was notably different from all of the other stories the prosecution had heard.
From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2018
Tantalizing news from the stirring outside world afloat.
From The Great Fortress : A chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 by Wood, William Charles Henry
Vocabulary lists containing tantalizing
The Giver
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The Things They Carried
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