convince
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An imagined 2014 case involving State Farm was cited to convince a judge that the company was, ultimately, not responsible for covering all the damage to the plaintiff’s home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
With long-term Treasury yields hovering at multidecade highs, traders have begun asking the uncomfortable question: How much will the U.S. need to pay to convince the world to keep lending it money?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
"I always convince him, but last year, I knew, this time he actually saw the wolf."
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
If restaurants, breweries or liquor companies want people to spend money, they have to convince them the experience is worth the cost.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
How could I convince her without giving anything away?
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
In Yitzak Shalev’s novel, a Jewish teacher in 1930s Jerusalem convinces students to join him in an underground military group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Paid-for false advertising which convinces people to part with cash has become a familiar part of everyday life online.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The sort of meal that costs very little but somehow convinces you otherwise.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026
He convinces his childhood best friend to let him co-host his son’s wedding alongside a “younger and flashier” wedding MC — played by Gold —who had already been hired.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
“What’s better,” asks Dylan, “hoping Magnus convinces enough people to feel sorry for you or going up there and taking a spot you should already have?”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
Chris Heiser and Olivia Taylor Smith were convinced that they could begin a publishing house, starting with international noir.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Looking back, Anaïs is now convinced the strange taste in the coffee Nègre made her was the diuretic.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
He convinced Castro that Old Havana could bring in desperately needed tourist dollars and was worth restoring.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
If you are convinced that mortgage rates, currently around 6.7%, are going to collapse again, you don’t have to buy a home to benefit.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
But if she saw him, she must have convinced herself that she was imagining things.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Speaking at a rally overnight before the result was declared, Farage said he had pulled off a "convincing, overwhelming win" in the by-election.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
We can see them using AI to write convincing cover letters and résumés.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Airbnb built a multibillion-dollar hospitality platform by convincing travelers to “forget hotels.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Unfortunately, for some people, this strategy seems to be convincing.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
The poison tide had put everybody in a foul mood, but after some convincing, the island leaders agreed to meet Roz on the banks of the river.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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