as in to cajole
to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery
trying to coax their father into taking them on a ski trip, the teens mentioned what a great skier he is
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Recent Examples of coax
My Father’s Shadow coaxes viewers into Akin and Remi’s world from the first frame, proceeding to offer a heartbreaking reflection on father-son relationships and a nation on the cusp of change.
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Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
In recent months, senior State Department officials in both Washington and Gambia have coordinated with Starlink executives to coax, lobby and browbeat at least seven Gambian government ministers to help Musk, records and interviews show.
—Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 15 May 2025
Sophomore pitcher Tiffany Seemann then coaxed the next batter to ground out, setting off the celebration, as Winter Springs clinched the Class 5A state championship 4-3 at Boombah-Soldiers Creek Park on Saturday.
—Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2025
Ironically, users spend significant time editing these AI outputs, essentially becoming engineers trying to coax a machine into sounding real.
—William Jones, USA Today, 17 May 2025
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Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
In recent months, senior State Department officials in both Washington and Gambia have coordinated with Starlink executives to coax, lobby and browbeat at least seven Gambian government ministers to help Musk, records and interviews show.
—Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 15 May 2025
Sophomore pitcher Tiffany Seemann then coaxed the next batter to ground out, setting off the celebration, as Winter Springs clinched the Class 5A state championship 4-3 at Boombah-Soldiers Creek Park on Saturday.
—Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2025
Ironically, users spend significant time editing these AI outputs, essentially becoming engineers trying to coax a machine into sounding real.
—William Jones, USA Today, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coax
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June and Mayday were only able to figure out their whereabouts after cajoling Serena into giving out their location.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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Giles and Benham cajoled a devastated squad — several players were crying — and told them they would get promoted the next season.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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The company recently ended its incentive program, known as customer commitment packages, to lure and maintain customers on the heels of the incident.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
4 June 2025
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The result is that homes are sitting idle on the market, forcing sellers to offer price cuts to lure in buyers.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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Going even further, its materiality, terra-cotta, and its iconography, the corazón, seduce us to discover an even more seductive identity, a cultural and historical foundation, mexicanidad.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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But prosecutors warned observers not to be seduced by soft appearances.—
Thomas Adamson,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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The Navy also has spent considerably more than the others to entice sailors to reenlist, doling out retention bonuses to roughly 70,000 service members for each of the past three years.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 May 2025
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Duffy recently announced a sweeping program to upgrade the agency's technology infrastructure, as well as hiring incentives to entice more would-be air traffic controllers.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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And yet, about four years ago, images of myself with flaxen hair started to wheedle their way into my brain and park there.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
4 Apr. 2025
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And soon thereafter, the mirror image: Sparks switches from playing wheedling Jerry to playing upright Bram in a harrowing scene with Arnold.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Only a couple teams can attract a Messi or a Beckham, while far more have a shot at wooing a player like Vela: someone still on the south side of 30, with a few prime years left to give before evolving into an elder statesman and eventually an off-the-field club embassador.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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The Army and Marine Corps also use the money to woo troops to some combat, armor and artillery jobs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 May 2025
Verb
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Quote Will Excite Detroit Fans To that end, the Lions have been urged to consider and named the best fit to land a very familiar face.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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During tornado warnings issued by the National Weather Service, people are urged to move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2025
Verb
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Over the course of his prolific, three-decade career, the American filmmaker has established a signature aesthetic and working style that could convince any actor to beg him for a part — almost any actor.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
5 June 2025
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They’re eventually joined by DC Rose Dickson (Leah Byrne) who is tired of being confined to a desk after a personal meltdown two years prior and begs Morck for a spot on the cold cases team.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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“Coax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coax. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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