siren call

noun

: something that is very appealing and makes a person want to go somewhere or do something but that may have bad results
often + of
They could not resist the siren call of fame and money.

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But by the end of our stay in Kyoto, the siren call of Japan’s most underrated city becomes too much to ignore. Matt Goulding, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024 After the viral sensation that was New York City’s Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest, the South Asian guys of the Bay Area also heard their siren call. Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024

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“Siren call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/siren%20call. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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