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Bankers and management alike will be hoping that the message being sent to investors, that the massive spending on AI capex will generate handsome returns, will persuade them to participate in the equity offering.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

For the task force members to persuade the Fed, they may first need to persuade each other: no simple matter for these illustrious but ideologically diverse economists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

He said that between July 2020 and October 2021, Gibson used false names, had invented business opportunities, and had used fake bank statements to show apparent substantial wealth to persuade them to hand money over.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Despite its globe-trotting kidnapping plot, much of the movie’s tension comes down to people in rooms trying to persuade an old man to part with his money.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

“Did you persuade our Mr. Barris to help with that?”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Longer-term coverage beyond that point will depend upon whether Medicare persuades insurers to participate—a prospect these companies have already balked at once.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

One aspect of the dollar index being driven back up toward 100 is it persuades Hartnett that rate cuts are less likely.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 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

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

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025

Then it will be Lavinia’s turn to be mad as a hornet—unless she discovers your clever scheme and, gentle as a lamb and sweet as a kitten, somehow persuades you to share.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

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

In about 2018 her fellow players persuaded her to remove her face covering for a TV interview, which was shown on the news along with highlights of their match.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

My work with the poor and the incarcerated has persuaded me that the opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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

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

It may instead depend on persuading consumers that the food they eat, the medicine they take and the cosmetics they use were made according to rules they believe in.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

But persuading living benefactors to lift restrictions doesn’t always generate enough money to keep schools afloat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

But Detective Allan Pinkerton ruined the scheme by persuading Lincoln to pass through the city in disguise, several hours ahead of schedule.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson