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as in to cajole
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as in to bamboozle
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Recent Examples of fast-talk
And Kiritsis, as Skarsgård plays him (with a jittery but logical fast-talk fervor that makes this one of the actor’s two or three most potent performances), is a very different figure than the real Tony Kiritisis, who was older and more visibly deranged.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Wallace is a goat-owning, hog-hunting, anime-loving, fast-talking personification of energy.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2025
With the help of a fast-talking promoter named Pinball (Dante Basco), Bone catches the eye of fight organizer James (Eamonn Walker), who is part of a wealthy network running a high-stakes fight circuit (note the similarities to one of Van Damme’s best movies, Lionheart).
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Emotional triggers are the scammer's best tool The point is that all of us, no matter how well-informed, careful, or clever, can be exploited by a fast-talking scammer.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2025
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Wallace is a goat-owning, hog-hunting, anime-loving, fast-talking personification of energy.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2025
With the help of a fast-talking promoter named Pinball (Dante Basco), Bone catches the eye of fight organizer James (Eamonn Walker), who is part of a wealthy network running a high-stakes fight circuit (note the similarities to one of Van Damme’s best movies, Lionheart).
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Emotional triggers are the scammer's best tool The point is that all of us, no matter how well-informed, careful, or clever, can be exploited by a fast-talking scammer.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fast-talk
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But, rather than give up, Azel became a pickleball advocate, tirelessly educating, lobbying and cajoling politicians, park directors and anyone else who would listen about the incredible growth of the sport nation-wide.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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Touches five and six are merely the cajoling preamble to the pièce de résistance, aka touch seven, a piercing through ball which splits defender Goncalo Inacio and backtracking forward Geny Catamo like a warm bread knife through a ciabatta roll straight out of Mama’s oven.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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His new changeup ducked under bats to bamboozle the Mariners’ lefties.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The problem is that those who are versed in using AI and are up-to-speed on prompting are being bamboozled by this hidden and secreted behavior.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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One of his former teachers was still there, coaxing students to line up neatly.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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Landau had to coax them into it.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
25 Oct. 2025
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Bleacher Report's Erik Beaston recently predicted Bregman would betray the Red Sox and bolt for a deal with the Detroit Tigers this winter.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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In the finale, Grasso gets a chance to redeem himself, betraying the Dark Hearts and racing into the woods to rescue Maeve, a young woman being targeted by the biker gang, all while bleeding from a bullet wound of his own.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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If that's not enough to convince you, consider that the carry-on has more than 19,700 five-star ratings on Amazon.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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Verna tries to earn her trust, convinced Mitsuki proves communion with the aliens is possible.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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Finally, all this time of me bitching about, like my band not working, and this and that, all of a sudden, both are working, and again, knock on that wood.—
Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Sep. 2025
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Every Friday, the department held a meeting in the library, where checkers discussed thorny stories and bitched about difficult writers and editors.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Lawmakers in the two states still may be persuaded, and the White House push, which has included an Oval Office meeting for Indiana lawmakers and two trips to Indianapolis by Vice President JD Vance, is expected to continue.—
Isabella Volmert,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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According to this speculation, WWE might be attempting to use the leverage of a potential one-year non-compete clause as a way to persuade Andrade to return to the company.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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As Rolling Stone has previously reported, bogus images of classic rockers in hospitals or singing at the graves of other rockers have flooded the internet — fooling some fans in the process and provoking laughs in just as many.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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Ultimately, the quarterback fooled the Raiders and proceeded to take the snap and get the Chiefs a first down.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Fast-talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fast-talk. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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