coax

In the wake of Donald Trump's devastating win last week, Democrats have fallen back on an old habit and are now trying to coax better behavior out of Republicans.

But even as the grassroots organizing dynamo hustles to get out the vote this year, she is not sure she and other Black and brown organizers can coax and inspire enough voters to the polls to deliver another win for Democrats.

“I walked a fine line, trying to coax her to come back, but also let her have her freedom,” Thompson said.

Despite the earlier US attempts to rein in the Israeli leader and coax Hezbollah to a truce, Mr Netanyahu has signalled strongly that he will act as he sees fit, whatever the pressure from Washington.

He described her eventual capture on 20 September as "a bit of a hairy situation", with rescuers wading into a pond to coax her into a cage.