as in to intimidate
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arm-twist
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And since cleaning with bleach can be intimidating (ever have a load of laundryruined thanks to leftover bleach in the washing machine?), denture tablets can be a safer, easier alternative to getting your whites back to bright.—
Amy Brightfield,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Apr. 2025 -
James, through a spokesperson, said she will not be intimidated.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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For various examples and further detailed indications about browbeating prompting, see my coverage at the link here.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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His browbeating nature is one the Leafs have needed for years.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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So, thank you for bullying me into getting surgical hair replacement.—
Joey Nolfi,
EW.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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There have been 604 bullying and harassment cases, an average of 55 a year.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
25 Apr. 2025
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Several analysts see the spending commitments as overtures to U.S. President Donald Trump, whose tariffs threaten to roil supply chains and raise costs for the technology industry.—
Zaheer Kachwala and Aditya Soni,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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In 2023, saltwater in the Mississippi River advanced dangerously close to New Orleans, threatening the city's water supply and sending the city into a state of emergency.—
Kati Weis,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party have cowed their liberal opponents, co-opted most of the Turkish press, purged and restaffed the Turkish military—with special zeal after crushing a 2016 coup attempt—and revamped Turkey’s intelligence service.—
Reuel Marc Gerecht,
The Atlantic,
19 Apr. 2025
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Kick-off was at 7.45pm and, before both teams walked onto the field, Millwall players tried to show they would not be easily cowed.—
Roshane Thomas,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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In director Steve Pink’s sci-fi romp Hot Tub Time Machine, Stan played the typical ’80s bully Blaine, who terrorizes a group of friends (John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson and Clark Duke) who travel back in time to their teen years at a 1986 ski resort.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2025
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The men repeatedly denied ownership of dogs that had been terrorizing residents of a Kansas City neighborhood long before Culbertson’s death, court records show.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
18 Apr. 2025
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The administration is threatening to withhold federal money from universities as a way to coerce many of them to comply with administration policies in ways that implicate free speech and in some instances violate legal processes for the withholding of federal support.—
Daniel Hall,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2025
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Its alliances were coerced, its innovations lagged behind, and its industrial system collapsed under its own contradictions.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Police in northern Peru arrested two groups accused of illegally bulldozing and building a house at an archaeological park with 500-year-old ruins.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2025
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Troops bulldozed over the bodies and crushed the vehicles, burying them in a mass grave.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Arm-twist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arm-twist. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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