arm-twist

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arm-twist
Verb
  • The agents' concern is that this information will be used to intimidate and fire them.
    Sophie Clark, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Financial advisors typically recommend having 3-6 months of expenses saved up, but don’t let that number intimidate you.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Trump has also browbeaten Mark Zuckerberg into dumping content moderation and fact checking from Facebook, Instagram and any other Meta properties, as well as dumping on the journalists who do the fact checking in the first place.
    Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Having been browbeaten by the negativity of previous coaches Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte, having a manager who didn't dismiss the idea the team could be title challengers or moan about a lack of talent was refreshing.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • This is the moment for Europe to rewrite the global trade narrative, proving that when the U.S. bullies, and China imitates, Europe builds.
    Isabel Schatzschneideris, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The problem isn’t just what teens see but also their understanding that others can see them –– whether they are getting bullied or complimented, Nagata said.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Trump's rhetoric -- including threatening for months to shutter the Department of Education -- has created fear throughout the department, according to Smith.
    Arthur Jones II, ABC News, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The two nations threatened retaliation of their own, raising the prospects of a broader regional trade war.
    Fabiola Sánchez, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The temptation to dig the hole deeper is even stronger just now, with Gaza a smoldering ruin and all potential regional challengers cowed.
    Max Rodenbeck, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Key to this is Torres as Eunice, a woman who refuses to be defined by grief or cowed by police intimidation, and her determination to keep her family together is especially inspirational in today’s uncertain world, where happiness is fast becoming an act of rebellion in itself.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • That's not good customer service and they should not be allowed to terrorize passengers who paid to fly their pet legally in an under-seat carrier.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Lafferty pins the blame on the rash of killings that terrorized the Bay Area in the ‘70s on a certain someone.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The Supreme Court's Bantam Books v. Sullivan precedent makes clear that government officials can't use their position to coerce private entities into censorship.
    Brenda Looper, arkansasonline.com, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The new Trump administration, however, seems much keener on wielding U.S. military power to coerce the Iranians into abandoning their nuclear ambitions.
    Rosemary Kelanic, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The plan to bulldoze the old Alquist State Building and transform the site into a residential highrise to house university workers, faculty and graduate students is another major initiative that Faas started.
    George Avalos, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Since Trump’s return to the Oval Office, Musk’s mandate has been to replicate the brute force used to bulldoze Twitter’s workforce following his 2022 acquisition of the social media platform now known as X.
    Liam Reilly, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Arm-twist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arm-twist. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.

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