coaxed (out)

past tense of coax (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coaxed (out)
Verb
  • On Wednesday, May 20, The Substance actor, 72, filed a petition to end his $13,750 monthly child support payments to his ex-wife Kimberly Buffington for his 18-year-old twins Thomas and Zoe following their high school graduation, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • The assault happened in September 1992, and his victim was under 14 years old, per online court records obtained by USA TODAY.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Sam Crampton, of O,R&L Commercial, represented the landlord, Ezra Holdings, LLC and also procured the tenant in the transaction.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2026
  • So, the day before the England quarterfinal, Argentina procured a lighter shirt, with faint vertical stripes, from a run-of-the-mill Mexico City sports shop.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • Yes votes for Measure ER, which only needs 50% of the vote plus one for approval, have slowly gained day after day as more ballots — and in particular, ballots from Election Day or later — were counted.
    Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 9 June 2026
  • This will be only the second appearance ever for the nation that gained independence in 1960.
    Amna Subhan, AJC.com, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • Her bravery not only secured this conviction but has undoubtedly made her campus and our city safer.
    CBS Baltimore Staff, CBS News, 7 June 2026
  • Bass, who has served as mayor since 2022 and faced scrutiny over her handling of the devastating LA fires, advanced to a runoff after no candidate secured more than 50% of the vote in Tuesday's primary.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
Verb
  • Detmers was still 15 pitches shy of his season-high when Suzuki pulled him.
    Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 11 June 2026
  • The righty was later pulled after allowing singles to the first two batters of the fifth inning, both of whom later scored and counted against Morris’ statline.
    Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • In an exclusive clip shared with PEOPLE, a focus group of women who have either pursued or considered PMSR discuss the unknowns of the procedure, which allows patients to conceive biological children of deceased men using DNA extracted within 72 hours of death.
    Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
  • To see what was happening, his team added a dash of enzymes extracted from yeast cultures.
    Siddhant Pusdekar, Quanta Magazine, 1 June 2026
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“Coaxed (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coaxed%20%28out%29. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.

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