persuade

It was his ability to persuade others to follow without questioning where their journey would end.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

No matter what path Riyadh takes, whether trying to persuade cautious allies to help more or trying to reach terms acceptable to the Houthis, there will be a heavy cost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Her family tried to persuade her to co-operate with the authorities, to admit her wrongdoing.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

But in the end, even being a good mom isn’t enough, on its own, to persuade most rational viewers that Elizabeth Holmes is completely innocent of everything of which she’s been accused.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

And now, I had a new way to persuade him: My sister and I loved playing with our neighbor’s dog, Bo.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

Most federal criminal cases start when a prosecutor calls one or more witnesses before a grand jury, establishes probable cause, and persuades the grand jury to return an indictment.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

Fielder persuades Holmes to watch it for the first time, on a laptop in the couple’s bed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

I would need to see something that would persuades me that, yes, that's OK now, that will be OK.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026

It inverts the First Amendment’s core purpose: protecting speech that persuades, speech that matters, speech people actually hear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Eventually, with the aid of several glasses of champagne, Tsukiko persuades her to abandon the effort, drawing her out into the sunken garden to distract her.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Relying on the chatbot’s advice, he hired a lawyer and persuaded the attorney to follow the chatbot’s strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Denise Lee Yohn, a brand leadership expert and author of What Great Brands Do, isn’t persuaded the rebrand has mattered much at all.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

According to the lawsuit, filed in May, Rosland Capital and Von Detten persuaded the couple to invest more than $2 million of their retirement savings in gold coins worth only $1.3 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Mamon persuaded Ivan to drive him into the Georgian desert, where they could speak freely - and asked him how the Ukrainians could trust him.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Fiona persuaded me to get an ice cream with her, and we walked to the end of Bearskin Neck with our cones.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

Another factor persuading Thatte and team is the flushout in positioning.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Interior Secretary Harold Ickes ended the skirmish by imposing a truce and persuading Congress to designate the dam as a federal project.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Still, the AI jitters arrived just as Airbnb was persuading investors it deserved its pricey multiple.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Another, who estimated she had given £40,000 to NOS over seven years, recalled the "manipulative" Brain persuading her to skip her brother's wedding in South Africa and buy van for the community instead.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

When Hazel had told him what he was to do, it had seemed to him that his task would consist of leading the dog on and persuading it to follow him.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams