tantalizer

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Noun
  • After two years of refurbishment work by the Olivehurst Public Utility District, the siren is now back in service as an emergency alert tool for local residents.
    Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • Its speakers are programmed with over 50 audio clips including human voices and sirens audible over half a mile away.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • In Italian, a diavola is a dangerous, powerful woman, and likely a temptress.
    The Week US, TheWeek, 13 May 2026
  • The press demonized her as a temptress, a scandalous two-time divorcee trying to topple the monarchy.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 24 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Sarah Snook cartwheeled through 26 roles — from the beautiful and doomed protagonist to his oily, eloquent corruptor, Lord Henry, to the tragically self-sabotaging actress Sibyl Vane — without, seemingly, losing her breath or putting a single curl on Dorian’s golden head out of place.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Tantalizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tantalizer. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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