Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coaxed (out)
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According to a copy of Minnesota’s agreement, obtained by Sportico through a records request, the school was required to send a dedicated email promoting ticketing and travel packages within 24 hours after being announced as a participant.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
20 Mar. 2026 -
Local police said Friday that an autopsy had been performed and declined to confirm local reports that investigators had obtained video showing Gracey falling into the water.—
Michael Ruiz , Garrett Tenney , Solly Boussidan,
FOXNews.com,
20 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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Texas contends Villarreal gained Facebook followers by getting police officers to tell her the identities of a person who killed himself by jumping off a Laredo overpass and of a family involved in a car accident.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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The policies pursued by the Islamic Republic in the 1990s—the death fatwa against Salman Rushdie and attempts to kill his associates, the terror bombing of a Jewish community center in Argentina—gained it nothing but opprobrium.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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Then, that December, Microsoft secured a meeting with the federal auditors to negotiate a resolution.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Mar. 2026
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Kennard’s game-winner secured a 105-104 victory over the Magic for Los Angeles, its ninth win in a row.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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Her hair, with a neat middle part, was pulled back tightly into a low bun to frame her face perfectly, and it was all punctuated with a strong red lip.—
Gretta Monahan,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2026
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With the win, Minnesota (10-3-3-4) pulled even with Boston atop the PWHL standings with 39 points.—
Theodore Tollefson,
Twin Cities,
19 Mar. 2026
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Amnesty said Mohammadi denied the charges and retracted his confessions in court, saying they were extracted under torture.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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Amnesty said Mohammadi denied the charges and retracted his confessions in court, saying they were extracted under torture.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 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 25 Mar. 2026.
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