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Noun
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This is one of those romantic musical-chairs situations in which couples pair off and try to keep one another interested while other sexpots cycle through the house and try to split up the power pairs.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
22 Nov. 2024 -
However, when Abby turns out to be a sexpot who distracts the men on staff — everyone from John Lutz’s Lutz to Alec Baldwin’s Jack Donaghy — Liz attempts to set her straight.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Martini stories operate in a glamorous world where bad guys live in lairs, femmes fatales wait at every backgammon table, and our hero drives fast cars and seldom takes off a tuxedo.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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The movie’s alive, and the actors seize the day, from Mosaku’s grave and beautifully modulated Annie to Steinfeld’s note-perfect embodiment of a femme fatale who’s fatale in unusual ways.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Staying put In Kyiv, residents have adjusted to the regular wail of sirens and periodic explosions.—
Dominique Soguel,
Christian Science Monitor,
28 Apr. 2025
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The fact that the doomed king and his armed guards need to escape through a secret passage that just so happens to cut through my jail cell seems a little too convenient for my brain to accept without warning sirens going off.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Sex symbol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sex%20symbol. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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