Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coaxed (out)
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The first government documents that Shapiro obtained about ICEBlock attempted to establish a connection between the application and assaults on immigration agents.—
Oriana van Praag,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026 -
Police later obtained surveillance video from the gas station, which showed the girl as well as an individual wearing a jacket with their hood up and a disposable mask entering the store, according to the complaint.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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CampusOne is a third-party company that has been selling NIL opportunities and procured a lot of these deals.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
22 Mar. 2026
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Arbitration awards are normally upheld so long as the award was not procured by fraud and the arbitrator didn’t fail to consider relevant evidence or follow basic legal principles.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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But what is ultimately to be gained by making this a hammy, Neil Simon-esque romp?—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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The story quickly gained traction across the platform, receiving more than 29,000 upvotes and over 2,600 comments, and turning a single photo into a large-scale online conversation.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Among the latter group was Gabriel Prudhomme, who secured a tract of land along the south bank of the Missouri River that included a natural landing for boat traffic.—
Elijah Winkler,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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The March 3 primary ended without a clear winner, sending Paxton and Cornyn into a late May runoff after neither secured a majority.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Mar. 2026
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The prosecutor said Abril confronted the couple, at which point James MacEgan was shot and killed, before Abril grabbed MacEgan’s wife and pulled her into the creek.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Third in growth from 2020 to 2025, Iredell County pulled just ahead of Lancaster County for the highest single-year growth rate.—
John Marks,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2026
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To be clear, Cortical Labs’s neural cells aren’t extracted from brains.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
28 Mar. 2026
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The evidence — mostly messages extracted from Melly’s cellphone, email addresses and social-media accounts — will not be allowed in the rapper’s retrial after the appellate court’s ruling.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Coaxed (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coaxed%20%28out%29. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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