as in to intimidate
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arm-twist
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That means people who are counting votes or knocking on doors can’t be intimidated, threatened or coerced.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
12 May 2025 -
If mixing up cocktails at home seems intimidating, don't fear—the secret to your new favorite drink might already be in the back of your fridge.—
Heather Riske,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 May 2025
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Now, almost a decade-and-a-half later, the glitzy tentpole event for the Washington media establishment is a shadow of its former self, boycotted and browbeaten by President Donald Trump and his supporters.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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But his curt, at times browbeating, management style resurfaced, alienating some subordinates, according to former colleagues.—
Adam Goldman,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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There’s a lesson in that for anyone who chafes at Trump’s bullying tactics.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Topics covered include anxiety, depression, eating disorders, bullying and more, the release said.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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Deputies responded about 2:39 p.m. to the 11000 block of Butte Creek Island Road in Butte Creek Canyon after a 911 caller reported the woman had threatened to kill a neighbor,the Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
10 May 2025
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And the Knicks did threaten as Boston’s offensive production tailed off over the final two quarters.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2025
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And there’s no money to compensate for the damage that the mere presence of wolves does to cow herds.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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At a time like this, people who occupy positions of power and visibility — members of Congress, university presidents, top editors and CEOs of major media enterprises, senior partners in major law firms — must not cow to Trump’s threats.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
18 Mar. 2025
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My office is committed to aggressively prosecuting those who stalk and terrorize others, ensuring they are held accountable.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
8 May 2025
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As such, Valerie and Peter plot to run away together, but their plans are thwarted when her older sister is killed by a werewolf that has terrorized the village.—
Francesca Gariano,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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Carter argued his confession was coerced, and the witnesses, two immigrants without legal status, later said police and prosecutors had pressured them to falsely implicate Carter.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
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The ensuing conflict between them takes an abrupt turn into a hotel-room two-hander as Anima fastens Abel to a bed and coerces him into confronting his feelings by playing his own music to him and dispensing shallow insights about how his songs’ upbeat melodies belie their cry-for-help content.—
Charles Bramesco,
IndieWire,
15 May 2025
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Divisions run strong within the Republican Party, which holds the majority on Capitol Hill, and is bulldozing past Democratic objections to push its package forward on its own.—
Lisa Mascaro,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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When federal agents moved in to remove the last occupiers in 1971, officials had plans to bulldoze the entire thing.—
Jessica Garrison,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2025
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“Arm-twist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arm-twist. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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