as in to lead on
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Verb
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May 29, 2025 Marseille is like a siren’s song; for thousands of years, sailors and vagabonds have been drawn in and hooked by its rebellious undercurrent.—
Lily Radziemski,
New York Times,
29 May 2025 -
City leaders initially expressed hope that the Plaza, done anew, might even become a bigger draw in June 2026 for the start of the World Cup.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
29 May 2025
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For fifteen years, the Patriotic Millionaires have waged an earnest battle to persuade wealthy people to lobby for higher taxes on themselves.—
Evan Osnos,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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The filmmakers told me that Spiegelman’s free-speech run-in with the county school board was instrumental in persuading WNET to back Disaster Is My Muse.—
Daniel Engber,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
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So her side was like snowing, and then my side was blue sky.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
27 May 2025
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She was snowed into her village and couldn't reach a hospital.—
Khwaga Ghani,
NPR,
31 Mar. 2025
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The company recently ended its incentive program, known as customer commitment packages, to lure and maintain customers on the heels of the incident.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
4 June 2025
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The result is that homes are sitting idle on the market, forcing sellers to offer price cuts to lure in buyers.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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“Rope (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rope%20%28in%29. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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