Example Sentences

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Companies like QCode, Gimlet and Realm have been luring Hollywood talent to adaptation-friendly limited series for years.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic has worn on, taxing nurses’ physical strength and emotional tolerance for bedside work, thousands of travel nursing companies have been luring away hospital staff.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2021

She said it was "irresponsible" of universities to have been "luring students back on the basis that they can have a social life at university and that they can have face-to-face teaching".

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2020

Motivated sellers have been luring deal-seekers with price cuts, but many are simply withdrawing their high-end properties altogether.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2020

Queen Mary seems to have been luring me to my undoing ever since I saw Holyrood, and I have a horrid fear that I may write that novel yet. 

From Margaret Ogilvy by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)