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They already had tempted fate by allowing Prescott to play on the franchise tag last season, an arrangement teams rarely reach with a star-level quarterback.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2021

Giuliani had tempted him to enter into a business contract with Rudy’s private investigations’ company in New York.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2019

But U.S. bond allocations rose to 38.2 percent from 36.9 percent, with Bopp noting that the higher real yields on offer in U.S. fixed income had tempted investors.

From Reuters • Jul. 29, 2016

Leading 3-1, he hit three consecutive cross-court running forehands that left the Russian rooted to the spot – and wondering, surely, why he had tempted him with those strokes in the first place.

From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2012

The clown showed us to a table stacked with food—the same boiled nuts and roasted meats that had tempted us at the carnival.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs