as in to persuade
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Recent Examples of inveigle
Unlike his small-time Israeli rivals, the placards implied, Netanyahu was a savvy statesman who punched above his weight on the international stage, thanks to his unaccented English oratory and ability to inveigle the world’s most powerful people.
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Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
On hand for the séance is a thoroughly skeptical Poirot, inveigled to attend by a mystery-novelist friend, Ariadne Oliver.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
Norman Mailer tried to inveigle his dinner guests into an orgy, and not long after wrote a cruel letter to Styron, breaking off their friendship.
—Marion Winik, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
Another threat that is likely to inveigle itself into the Web3 domain is phishing.
—Andrew Newman, Forbes, 4 May 2022
All of those thinly veiled efforts to inveigle an answer are met with a stock response.
—New York Times, 26 Nov. 2021
The two cell-surface proteins that SARS-CoV-2 uses to make contact with its target cells and inveigle its way into them would fit into this category.
—The Economist, 20 Aug. 2020
Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
On hand for the séance is a thoroughly skeptical Poirot, inveigled to attend by a mystery-novelist friend, Ariadne Oliver.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
Norman Mailer tried to inveigle his dinner guests into an orgy, and not long after wrote a cruel letter to Styron, breaking off their friendship.
—Marion Winik, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
Another threat that is likely to inveigle itself into the Web3 domain is phishing.
—Andrew Newman, Forbes, 4 May 2022
All of those thinly veiled efforts to inveigle an answer are met with a stock response.
—New York Times, 26 Nov. 2021
The two cell-surface proteins that SARS-CoV-2 uses to make contact with its target cells and inveigle its way into them would fit into this category.
—The Economist, 20 Aug. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inveigle
Verb
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Nevertheless, when issues on mass transit occurred, the city could persuade PTC to improve conditions, but the city was only required to offer emergency services to commuters.—
Menika Dirkson,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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The message sought to persuade the public to take measures to eliminate the spread of COVID-19.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The novel opens as the teenage Karl Rossmann, whose parents shipped him off to America for fathering a child when he was seduced by the family’s thirty-five-year-old cook, arrives on a steamer in New York harbor and sees the Statue of Liberty holding not the emblematic torch but rather a sword.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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Her distinctive style stance has seduced the likes of Addison Rae, Ice Spice, Kylie Jenner, Hari Nef, Selena Gomez, Hailey Bieber, Chloë Sevigny and Sarah Jessica Parker.—
Alex Wynne,
Footwear News,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The possibilities are enticing because of how both Mara and Johnson grade out defensively.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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The 6-foot-4, 260-pound outside linebacker has a draft pedigree that could entice other squads.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Sep. 2025
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Amid the hangover of the 0-4 start, students shuffled out their dorms, lured by free food and faint promise of school spirit at the Rose Bowl.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Built at a cost of $29 billion, the railway is meant to help lure visitors away from coastal hot spots like Cancún and to create jobs and development opportunities in a region that has long been one of the poorest in Mexico.—
Simon Willis,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Yet no one would be tempted to call one species natural, the other not.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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The author throws out plenty of bones to tempt a composer.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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As any experiencer will tell you, the paranormal is beguiling by nature, a plunge into the unknown that offers no easy answers.—
Daniel Noah,
IndieWire,
17 Sep. 2025
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The filmmaker behind our Best Film takes a formally bold and inquisitive approach to his very personal subject, working with his collaborators to combine elements of fiction and documentary into a film of beguiling melancholy and delicate beauty.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
23 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The celebrations had barely faded when attention turned to the Champions League draw in late August, when Kairat earned a date with some of Europe’s biggest clubs among their eight opponents, including competition record winner Real Madrid.—
Nina Subkhanberdina,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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Atletico won 4-0 in Madrid before a 0-0 draw in Astana.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Inveigle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inveigle. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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