persuade

Mediators said they have been trying to persuade Iran to ease its demands, warning the U.S. would otherwise move away from the memorandum of understanding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

That could be trying to persuade Russia to end its military cooperation with Iran, for example, or maybe about more prisoner swaps or the prospect of a mass mobilisation of Russian troops.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Towards the end of his life, his defence team sought to persuade the court he should be released on humanitarian grounds.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

They are mainly designed to persuade multinationals away from making everything in China and Asia, and at the very least consider moving to North America, with hopes of greater investment in the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

A husky guy wearing a maroon college sweatshirt follows after them and tries to persuade them back inside.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

This is exactly the kind of hype that drives bubbles and persuades ordinary members of the public to take on more risk than they should.

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026

Kolar explained that, besides actual innocence, “disproportionality is the second most powerful” argument that persuades clemency boards and governors.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 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

The question now is whether a moment like this, following MI5's intervention, persuades others to share their outlook.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025

How is it that she, whom I once hated, now listens without judgment to my sins and even persuades me that I have taken part in a miracle?

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

They met at a café in Waikiki where Leong, still wet from surfing, persuaded Akemoto to stay in Hawaii.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

It was Aimee who persuaded him to invest in somewhere more rural before they even married.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

After his time on “Dukes,” Jones was persuaded to run for office, challenging a popular Republican incumbent, Pat Swindall, for his seat representing Georgia in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

It looked as though the vendor had raided a secret convention of 1990s elementary-school teachers and persuaded them to turn in their uniforms.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

At last the overexcited children were persuaded to sleep.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

They managed something most newcomers to Tinseltown never do: persuading some of its biggest companies to invest heavily in them.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The Chinese central government has made persuading households to spend more money an economic priority.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

Last month, Green said his wife's encouragement was crucial in persuading him to accept the challenge after getting a call from JCB chairman Lord Anthony Bamford.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Dave eventually became their de facto financial adviser, even persuading his mom to open her first brokerage account.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

Political detainees all across the country had held a successful hunger strike, persuading the minister of law and order to release over nine hundred of them.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela