wheedle
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A mosquito spots the eminent man and zooms over to wheedle in his ear, but Bashō remains immobile.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
Even as ex-mayor, it tickled Dick that he could wheedle an author into joining us.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2023
The arsonists wheedle their way into his house with a combination of servile pleading, subtle bullying and appeals to Biedermann’s moral vanity.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022
Leibovich is, more subtly, a brilliant interviewer able to wheedle not-quite-admissions from his subjects, who give him all the access in the world.
From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2022
Already he’d borrowed heavily to redo their house, to buy into the west side subdivision and golf course, and to wheedle a position on the proposed ski valley’s board of directors.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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