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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
Audiences would join the show in progress, see Chase as a fast-talking anchor and fall right in.
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Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
Rising amid the central sierras of Spain, this is the late-night city of Dalí and Hemingway, Ronaldo and Picasso, and those fast-talking '80s melodramas by Pedro Almodóvar.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Dec. 2025
The stranger is a fast-talking American named Edgar Acheson who claims to be a Hollywood movie director.
—Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Nov. 2025
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.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
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Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
Rising amid the central sierras of Spain, this is the late-night city of Dalí and Hemingway, Ronaldo and Picasso, and those fast-talking '80s melodramas by Pedro Almodóvar.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Dec. 2025
The stranger is a fast-talking American named Edgar Acheson who claims to be a Hollywood movie director.
—Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Nov. 2025
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.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fast-talk
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Cash cajoled Leon Bailey into positions ahead of him, either shuffling backwards to mark Newcastle’s left-winger or shifting inside to track Lewis Hall, who was inverting from left back.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Her mentor, 2012-2020 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, cajoled the BOJ into cornering the government bond market and becoming the biggest owner of Tokyo stocks.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Lenders are more easily bamboozled by fake spreadsheets than by fake factories.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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And now, a class action has been filed against Spotify for allegedly bamboozling consumers.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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Gentile and the story coaxed from Elene nearly two decades ago remain at the center of the investigation and accounts for much of Kelly’s the book.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
22 Mar. 2026
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The hope is that Pivetta’s four-seamer is too enticing for hitters to lay off, because there’s no more hoping that umpires can be coaxed into seeing things your way.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Banks hid in a predictable spot less than five miles from the South Loop jail and was betrayed by someone who had spoken with the fugitive and was able to give authorities his exact location, a law enforcement source said.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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After Sugar betrays her, Barbara cuts her friend off for decades, despite missing her deeply.—
Isle McElroy,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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She's arrested, but the charges are later dropped when Stacy (Michelle Pfeiffer) convinces the coworker not to move forward with the charges.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
21 Mar. 2026
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Potentially, the largest unions can affect the outcome of a crowded, close primary just by convincing their own membership to turn out and vote for a particular candidate.—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026
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Dorit is in town bitching to Boz, who is in a hormonal haze, and Rachel about the same thing.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2026
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Those who bitched over not making the final four now were going to get a chance to prove themselves on the field of play.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Dec. 2025
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That will mean persuading companies whose executives are still grappling with AI to start investing in a technology that few have begun to think about.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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Countries, including Iran, have long tried to manipulate information to persuade or influence what people think outside the region.—
Andrea Hickerson,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2026
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Don't be fooled, Fraser's first Oberon kegs of the season still went to good use, with Oberon Day bringing in serious business.—
Jack Springgate,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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In 2007, Google fooled the world with 'Google Paper,' a service that would print your emails and mail them to you.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Fast-talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fast-talk. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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