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had seduced

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New kinds of screens, much smaller than theater screens, had seduced the fickle eyes of Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

The light and rhythms of L.A. had seduced me.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

"By April 1907, Sophia had spent six months in India and had witnessed firsthand the growing political turbulence in India. The push for Indian self-determination had seduced her," Anand writes in her book.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2023

I would shortly be leaving Linosa, which had seduced me with its naturalness and friendliness, on that same hydrofoil, at vacation’s end.

From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2018

He wished them no particular harm—concentrating his indignation upon the leaden who had seduced their addled pates—but he knew that they would have to be allowed their fight.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White