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It can be tempting to apply for a store-branded credit card when checking out, especially if doing so gives you a discount on the purchase you’re making that day.

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This all makes it tempting to think the labor market might be at risk of collapse, which could prompt the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates at its meeting from Dec. 9 to Dec. 10.

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When the tempting aroma reached the open windows of the nursery, it brought Master Gogolev to a near breakdown.

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Under normal circumstances she might have objected to letting the children stuff themselves with cake before dinner, but the prospect of eavesdropping on the Ashtons was so deliciously tempting, she let it pass.

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But their hold is shaky and the helicopter -- one of the few in the SNA fleet and showing its age -- is a tempting target for the insurgents just a few miles away.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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