Attract
Pulling
Pulling noun - The act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you.
Both words in one sentence
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This is because the aliens want to attract humanity to the cities for some purpose, so the beautiful cities are used as a pulling factor.
Source: Video Game / XCOM 2 -
In PK Comic Kate and Bo both advise Jess to act slutty to attract men's attention, Kate goes so far as to demonstrate by pulling a complete stranger with a cheesy chat up line and leaving with him.
Source: Be a Whore to Get Your Man - One of them consists of slathering nectar onto yourself, in front of nectar-eating faeries... Another is a situation where the character couldn't resist pulling a Bull Seeing Red joke and uses a red cape to attract their attention.
Source: Video Game / Aura Kingdom
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