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irresistible

[ir-i-zis-tuh-buhl] / ˌɪr ɪˈzɪs tə bəl /


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Living the fantasy is tempting, even irresistible, particularly during fractured times.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Rachel Khong’s irresistible puzzle of a second novel suggests it is a mistake to think we can force complex, nature-nurture identities in a chosen direction.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The novel partnership between students and police to break open a decades-old murder case, with a love triangle at its center, was irresistible fodder for the media’s true-crime boom.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Those were irresistible attributes during periods of ultralow interest rates.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

At some point I lay down in an irresistible hollow at the base of a tree and urged Mother and the others to go on without me.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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