coaxed (out)

Definition of coaxed (out)next
past tense of coax (out)
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Verb
  • Business Insider previously obtained an internal document that described damage to one data center knocking 14 EC2 cloud server racks offline, in addition to impacting five other server racks.
    Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
  • The next day, Abugharbieh drove to the Howard Frankland Bridge in Tampa and stopped along the bridge, according to location data obtained through a search warrant, the filing states.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • First, face wash, procured by her parents from Costco.
    Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • The drinks are procured through the local temple’s tax system.
    Geoff Childs, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • In the early nineteenth century, more than a dozen colonies in the Americas gained their freedom, including Haiti, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Peru.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • On multiple occasions, Brighton players were on the turf seconds before a set piece, but gained no sympathy from referee Chris Kavanagh.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • Rodman secured her second assist, leading Cantore perfectly and allowing the Italian forward to power a shot past Moorhouse for the finish into the bottom right corner of the net.
    Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
  • Cohen told the paper that GameStop has built a roughly 5% stake in the e-commerce platform and secured a commitment letter from TD Bank to provide about $20 billion in debt financing for a deal.
    Se Young Lee, Fortune, 3 May 2026
Verb
  • That’s when Talley allegedly pulled the pistol out from under a blanket, shooting one officer in the face and a second in the chin, authorities said.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The Dodgers pulled within 2-1 in the eighth inning when Freddie Freeman singled with one out to put runners on the corners and Smith delivered an RBI single to right field off of right-hander Michael Petersen.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Nearly half of the gold extracted by the company comes from the Haile site in rural Lancaster County.
    John Marks, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026
  • Rare earth minerals are often extracted by creating leaching ponds and adding chemicals to separate the metals.
    Abraham Nunbogu, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Coaxed (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coaxed%20%28out%29. Accessed 5 May. 2026.

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