as in tempted
to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage
the hunter lured the lion into the open with the antelope carcass
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Recent Examples of lured
Diaz converted 28 of 31 save chances last season before the Dodgers lured him away with a $69 million, three-year deal.
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CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Legend says mermaid sirens lured sailors here.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
Prosecutors have said that Zeigler lured Thomas and Williams to the store that night in an attempt to frame them for the murders.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
That perfection of air and climate that lured filmmakers here in the first place was being lost in a brown miasma.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Frisco had finally lured Karahan over to its side.
—Nick Wooten, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
Some of the revelers had moved to Turkey years ago, lured by higher wages and a freer political climate than in Iran.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
Observing jellyfish gametes develop under a microscope lured him away from the neat logic of physics and chemistry and into the dynamic processes of biology.
—Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Darker than Christie’s other works, the action follows a group of strangers, each lured to an isolated island off the Devon coast and murdered one by one.
—Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2026
CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Legend says mermaid sirens lured sailors here.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
Prosecutors have said that Zeigler lured Thomas and Williams to the store that night in an attempt to frame them for the murders.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
That perfection of air and climate that lured filmmakers here in the first place was being lost in a brown miasma.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Frisco had finally lured Karahan over to its side.
—Nick Wooten, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
Some of the revelers had moved to Turkey years ago, lured by higher wages and a freer political climate than in Iran.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
Observing jellyfish gametes develop under a microscope lured him away from the neat logic of physics and chemistry and into the dynamic processes of biology.
—Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Darker than Christie’s other works, the action follows a group of strangers, each lured to an isolated island off the Devon coast and murdered one by one.
—Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lured
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Today, when architecture often seems tempted to retreat in the face of cascading crises, Gehry’s career suggests a different response.—
Julian Rose,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
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Squeamish viewers may be tempted to follow her.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
26 Mar. 2026
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Tommy disburses stuffings and sauces to hungry locals as the GIs seduced their grandmothers with Camels and nylon stockings.—
Dominic Green,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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The craft, once passed down through generations, is now facing the reality that fewer young people—seduced by high-flying, big-city office jobs—are interested in toiling in its timeworn factories.—
Jessica Binns,
Sourcing Journal,
18 Mar. 2026
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For their version, TWS added an endearing shoulder shake to the choreography that enticed a slew of A-list Korean celebrities to imitate them.—
Jae-Ha Kim,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
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Carr allegedly groomed the boy and enticed him into sharing nude video and photo images.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
14 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The jury found that the trooper and another radioed a false location to headquarters before entering the apartment, and one of them decided to plant a gun at the scene afterward before his partner persuaded him against it.—
Lawrence Mower,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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The jury found that the trooper and another radioed a false location to headquarters before entering the apartment, and one of them decided to plant a gun at the scene afterward before his partner persuaded him against it.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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