temptation
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“The temptation is always to say, ‘Well, let’s just widen it out at the edges, just be a bit more generic and then we can almost appeal to anyone,’” Saunders said.
From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026
And yet the temptation to reply is understandable.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
She arrived at Roland Garros having barely played in the past three months because of the lingering effects of a viral illness, but Raducanu resisted the temptation to skip the clay-court major.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Ads played with the idea of fashion as a temptation in which female consumers should indulge.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
Regardless of whether he did or not, the temptation must have been enormous.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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