persuade
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He laid out his approach in a salesmanship blog he wrote in 2016: Persuade people your product can save lives and government money, and identify influential politicians to be your advocate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
But at this point, fledgling platforms have basically two choices to grow their networks: Persuade users to give up some other app, or persuade us to give up sleep.
From Washington Post • Jan. 17, 2023
Persuade someone to read “We’re Not Broken” in 50 words or fewer.
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2021
“Adapt our constitution to the E.U. treaties. Persuade other E.U. countries to adapt the E.U. treaties to our constitution. Or make a submission to leave the E.U.,” he explained.
From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2021
Thy words, that have persuaded men, Persuade not thee, angelic pen; Disaster findeth thy defenses, Like mine, pretenses.
From Laments by Prall, Dorothea
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