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a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive
a siren who could captivate any audience
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Recent Examples of sirens
As Blanchette activated his police lights and sirens to conduct a traffic stop, the Accord driver allegedly failed to slow down and fled onto Interstate 395 North.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Moore did not verbally identify himself as law enforcement, and did not use his sirens while responding to the scene, the letter confirms.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
The trooper put on his emergency lights and sirens and pulled over the vehicle, using a West Virginia license to identify the driver as 35-year-old Ratique Wilson.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
How children play football in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Kyiv and Lviv — under air-raid sirens, next to bomb shelters, under the constant threat of missiles and drones.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
At about two this morning, the familiar howl of air-raid sirens woke me in the center of Kyiv, followed by the low thuds of anti-aircraft cannons attempting to shoot down Russian drones.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
Druzhyna drove his wife and daughter west, past sirens and explosions, toward the border with Poland.
—Natalie Yahr, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Her 14-year-old son heard police sirens, and the fear that had kept him awake at night and distracted him in school finally spilled into panic.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
Also, when a chase is terminated officers are to deactivate their lights and sirens and resume a safe speed and comply with traffic laws, according to the policy.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2026
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Moore did not verbally identify himself as law enforcement, and did not use his sirens while responding to the scene, the letter confirms.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
The trooper put on his emergency lights and sirens and pulled over the vehicle, using a West Virginia license to identify the driver as 35-year-old Ratique Wilson.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
How children play football in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Kyiv and Lviv — under air-raid sirens, next to bomb shelters, under the constant threat of missiles and drones.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
At about two this morning, the familiar howl of air-raid sirens woke me in the center of Kyiv, followed by the low thuds of anti-aircraft cannons attempting to shoot down Russian drones.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
Druzhyna drove his wife and daughter west, past sirens and explosions, toward the border with Poland.
—Natalie Yahr, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Her 14-year-old son heard police sirens, and the fear that had kept him awake at night and distracted him in school finally spilled into panic.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
Also, when a chase is terminated officers are to deactivate their lights and sirens and resume a safe speed and comply with traffic laws, according to the policy.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sirens
seductresses
Noun
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Once again, a defense lawyer attempted to paint the women as lying, scheming seductresses.—
S. C. Cornell,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Sirens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sirens. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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