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sirens

noun

plural of siren

as in vamps

a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive a siren who could captivate any audience

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Recent Examples of sirens Her friend’s cries mixed with the sound of police car sirens before officers arrived and escorted students and staff out the building. — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026 Moments later, another NYPD vehicle approached their moped from the opposite direction on Northern Boulevard, its lights and sirens off, and, cut across the double yellow line to swerve into their path. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026 Unanswered questions The Star has been unable to independently verify that the officer had a green light and the Audi ran the red light, or that the police cruiser had its lights and sirens on. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026 Halo is a personal safety device that can not only share your location with a friend in real time, but also has a flashlight, sirens, and alert functions. — Time Staff, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 The living room and bedrooms faced 96th, a crosstown corridor over which ambulances and police cars sped day and night, their sirens howling. — Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026 Merz and Zelenskyy visited a building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in central Kyiv that was damaged in a Russian attack that killed two people on Monday, as air raid sirens sounded across the capital. — Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026 Investigators say Balanti, a volunteer firefighter in Monroeville, was responding to a call in his personal vehicle without lights and sirens when Leroy Hart, 88, crossed in front of Balanti at the light to turn onto McGinley Road. — Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026 According to the complaint, ICE officers pursued Garces-Perez through commercial and residential areas with emergency lights and sirens activated. — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

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seductresses

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Once again, a defense lawyer attempted to paint the women as lying, scheming seductresses.

— S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026

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siren song

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