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something that attracts interest
- the young woman's wealth unfortunately made her a lodestone for fortune hunters
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“Lodestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lodestone. Accessed 17 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of lodestone was circa 1518
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