seducer

as in tempter
one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire fabled as a land of endless opportunity, California continues to be a seducer of dreamers and doers

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Noun
  • Jesus again rejects material gain, and finally banishes the tempter: Satan is not the real God, because there is only one God; the Devil doesn’t have the best tunes.
    James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Dre Kirkpatrick let his tempter get the best of him after Arizona had stopped Seattle on third down and during a confrontation with the Seahawks’ Metcalf, got hit with a costly 15-yard taunting penalty that changed the entire complexion of the situation.
    Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2020
Noun
  • Within minutes the night air was filled with the sound of fire sirens.
    Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The trooper activated their emergency lights and siren to initiate a traffic stop.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • City’s explanation is that decision, and the case as a whole, fell into the remit of the solicitors representing the company’s insurers rather than the club itself.
    Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
  • In 2018, several members were elected to City Council in Bethlehem, and Susan Wild, the city solicitor in nearby Allentown and old friend of Ms. Morganelli’s, was elected to Congress with the group’s support.
    Charles Homans, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In the musical thriller, Lopez stars as Aurora, a fantasy temptress conjured up by Luis Molina, a gay hairdresser imprisoned during a war in Argentina circa 1981, along with Valentin Arregui Paz, a Marxist.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 26 Jan. 2025
  • No Good Deed does have an undeniably fantastic cast at its disposal, from Luke Wilson as an unhappy soap actor to Linda Cardellini as a blonde temptress, from Denis Leary as a dangerous ex-con to the great Anna Maria Horsford as the overbearing mom of one prospective buyer.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Seducer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seducer. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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