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coax

[kohks] / koʊks /


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Coax can be replaced by fiber, but fiber is expensive and carriers don’t have as much experience with it. 

From Forbes • Jun. 23, 2015

Coax Liberty has run well at the distance and merits consideration for the top three.

From Newsweek • Aug. 6, 2011

He did so, by 3� lengths over a perfect stranger to everyone, Coax Me Chad.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Coax him away, Sorrel Top," said Little Wolf, rousing herself.

From Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier by Cornelius, M. A.

Coax him to make a promise to her that she shall be his wife at the end of a twelvemonth, and get him, on assenting to this, to write to Cytherea, entirely renouncing her.'

From Desperate Remedies by Hardy, Thomas




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