cajole
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It is possible the campaign could cajole China into doing more to pressure Iran, while avoiding a more direct confrontation between the world’s biggest economies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Belgium's outspoken prime minister Bart De Wever will be in the spotlight as his EU counterparts -- most of whom back the plan -- try to cajole him to accept.
From Barron's ● Dec. 18, 2025
My mother did her best to cajole me into going.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 27, 2025
“The US and Qatar can push, they can cajole, they can offer inducements, they can offer to help create the technical solutions,” says Chuck Freilich.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2024
I assumed that come opening day, she’d be off in Lucy Jo’s Dart to Davy Elementary, even if we had to cajole her.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
It’s in one of these quiet moments that Timble gently cajoles Orris in the way only a good friend can.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Running around town in his tennis-coach regalia of short shorts and knee-high socks, Richard cajoles, insists, argues and refuses to take no for an answer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2021
Still, he cajoles her into a session, and when she comes back from her hypnosis, he seems eerily pleased.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
In the film, Zola, played by Paige, strikes up a friendship with a customer, Stefani, played by Keough, who cajoles her into joining her for a weekend of partying in Tampa, Florida.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2021
This nearly cajoles me into thinking I should also know what Marv needs with the money.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
She advised a customer about treating a bug bite, helped a man wire money and cajoled a city worker about getting a sidewalk repair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Jing-nan describes his work as follows: “I cajoled 1,000 strangers every night in English, Mandarin, and Taiwanese to buy my food and hang out with me, in that order.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
More video was then shown of events inside the bereavement room with McGowan-Fazakerley and Varley's mother and he is cajoled to enter the room.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
No one should be cajoled into paying for a property that they never use and no longer wish to own.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 5, 2026
“Now, please let me explain something to you,” he cajoled in a mature, reasoning, earnest voice.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
“No amount of cajoling or liens will scare” the other owners who don’t pay, the former U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Containing determined adversaries requires building a domestic consensus and cajoling allies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
More Celtic people streamed on, dancing and waving and cajoling.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
A Fed chair can’t change the world on his own; cajoling other Fed officials to back his views requires credibility, among other factors.
From Barron's ● Dec. 11, 2025
Alternately bullying and cajoling, Pachakuti expanded the service obligation unrecognizably.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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