Example Sentences

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These days, the social democracies of Europe are luring Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

By dangling an enticing offer like a 25% discount, companies are luring shoppers into a surveillance infrastructure that tracks their moves in order to discover how much price pain they can tolerate.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 16, 2025

And it's not just other countries that offer incentives - other US states are luring film production away from Hollywood.

From BBC • May 5, 2025

Online con artists are luring victims with discount offers of Ozempic and similar drugs with no prescription required.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2024

There must be some French somewhere, and in spite—as we thought then—of our better judgments, we stuck to the story that was ever being circulated: "We are luring the Germans into a trap."

From Adventures of a Despatch Rider by Watson, William Henry Lowe