convince

He liked the song, but it didn’t convince him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

That said, if someone has an exception and can convince the head of the team in Iowa of it, they may drop the case.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Last week, U.S. officials said Trump wants to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again to convince him to abandon his country’s nuclear weapons program.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Canada’s prime minister will also need to convince the provinces who have been less affected by the US trade dispute so far that walking away is a risk worth taking.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

I try hard to convince myself it doesn’t, but my head hurts and I feel dizzy.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

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 gives me a virtual hug and convinces me to convince my husband that the pancakes in the freezer should be saved for my return and a new batch prepared for today’s breakfast.

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

On bad days, she says, she convinces herself that “doomscrolling flat on my couch is what helps my back heal.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

Sometimes he almost convinces himself that he can see through the smoldering skeletons of the seafront mansions at the northwestern corner of the city to the rooftop of his house.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The other was that the summer’s better inflation readings hadn’t convinced him the underlying trend was improving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Kushner wanted to withdraw from graduate school, feeling he couldn’t give his classes enough attention while pursuing his startups, but was convinced to stay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

“They’re just less convinced that hard work is enough, given how the economy works.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

But in a two-star review, external, Empire's Helen O'Hara says the film "tries to examine the difference between surviving and thriving" but "doesn't seem entirely convinced of its own answers".

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Eventually she becomes at ease, convinced, at least enough, that me sitting in her seat hasn’t caused me to behave in any abnormal or dangerous ways, and that I don’t plan to ransack her workstation.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

By showing which observations can truly distinguish a classical description of gravity from a quantum one, the research helps narrow the search for convincing evidence of quantum gravity.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

Generative A.I. certainly has the potential to worsen pandemic conspiracy theories by equipping them with highly convincing fabricated evidence.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

Task force leadership, the supposed authors of predetermined outcomes, agreed, and a supervisor told the team it “had done a good job convincing the front office that they should move on from Brown.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Albon's decision at least partially reflects a lack of convincing options elsewhere on the grid.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

It didn’t take much convincing from Paul before Ezekowitz agreed that Mass General would treat several Haitian patients a year without charge.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French