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The administration had hoped to persuade states to check their voters’ citizenship status using a system called the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, but many didn’t.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

Crowley and his backers had undertaken an intense late-July sprint to persuade Democrats to coalesce around him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

They say that the quality of the users being added remains strong, which is positive for earnings given the dual-listed company’s ability to persuade users of its free product to upgrade to paid subscriptions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

A low price may secure an order, but it will not necessarily persuade a shopper.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

The Nazis also bombarded the general public with propaganda to persuade them that the money spent on the care of the physically and mentally “unfit” could be put to better use.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026

This withdrawal of liquidity is already causing some tensions in the repo market that have not been witnessed since 2019 and this persuades Howell that stocks are not the right asset allocation at this juncture.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 21, 2025

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

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025

Likewise, after 2024’s narratively dreary “Wicked,” returning director Jon M. Chu persuades us to come back to Oz for this smarter, sprightlier follow-up that’s all about the pageantry of propaganda.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025

Finally Dorus persuades Vincent to use the hut only during the day.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

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

The day he died, the Jiang Zemin documentary featured Zhu explaining how he persuaded his comrades to implement tough reforms.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 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

He persuaded the boy to change his mind and urged him to the board.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

Sometimes the best solution isn’t persuading someone to change their mind — it’s realizing you don’t need them to bend to your will.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

That is persuading more Chinese companies to use it for AI applications such as the AI assistants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

They were planning to volunteer at the local office, they said, and they’d try persuading a spouse or neighbor to come along, too.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama