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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
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.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2025
The second book in Amanda Weaver’s Racing Hearts series follows fast-talking, no-nonsense Violet Harper, a woman with a successful PR career and zero interest in falling in love.
—Amy James, People.com, 28 June 2025
Flamboyant, fast-talking Southerner Georgia stands out among the fussy, provincial New England set.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
Judge reprises his voice roles as propane salesman Hank Hill and fast-talking pal Boomhauer.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 15 May 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2025
The second book in Amanda Weaver’s Racing Hearts series follows fast-talking, no-nonsense Violet Harper, a woman with a successful PR career and zero interest in falling in love.
—Amy James, People.com, 28 June 2025
Flamboyant, fast-talking Southerner Georgia stands out among the fussy, provincial New England set.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
Judge reprises his voice roles as propane salesman Hank Hill and fast-talking pal Boomhauer.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fast-talk
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Investors won’t be cajoled by pressure from the Oval Office to continue buying either, said Desmond Lachman, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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After years of cajoling workers, employers are taking a harder line.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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To review: The owner/GM tried to bamboozle Parsons, and circumvent NFL Players Association protocol, by discussing contract terms without the involvement of agent David Mulugheta.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
29 Aug. 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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Steve gently coaxes him back to school, where the film crew is causing havoc.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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After ordering his security detail to cut the feed on all his cameras, Prater captures Harrison at gunpoint and coaxes Dexter to return to the wine room.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
5 Sep. 2025
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With Alexe Godin and Andrew Spencer safe from winning the last challenge, the cast voted for Spencer Conley and Jess Edwards to stay after bombshell rumors that Kat Izzo had betrayed Dale Moss.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Rock last appeared in a big WWE segment at March's 2025 Elimination Chamber, where Cena, then a babyface, betrayed Cody Rhodes and helped The Rock and Travis Scott attack him.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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While speaking on a panel at the opening of the movie, which details the life and career of actor John Candy, who died at 43 in 1994, Reynolds revealed that his 2-year-old son, Olin, played a key part in convincing Bill Murray, 74, to have a role in the documentary.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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His life was going nowhere, until his brother Scott dragged him off the couch and convinced Dean to sign up with his acting coach, Bill Esper.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
5 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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What’s worse, picking up the morning paper and seeing what the bastards are doing, and just complaining and bitching about it?—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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But much like Howard Jarvis feared, the tax-and-spend interests have sought to destroy Proposition 13 ever since, most recently by persuading courts to carve loopholes in its constitutional protections and invent new ways for government agencies to raise revenue.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
7 Sep. 2025
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Elizabeth Stage, whose Oakland hills home barely escaped the deadly 1991 firestorm, and whose work as president of the Oakland FireSafe Council involves persuading residents to adopt Zone 0 measures, said the study would be a helpful, persuasive tool.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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To the American people—don't let this fool you.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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In autonomous vehicles, a single sticker on a stop sign can fool a vision system.—
Sagar Gupta,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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