as in coaxed
to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery
she can sweet-talk her besotted boyfriend into just about anything
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coaxed
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Maybe one of us could be coaxed out of retirement for such an occasion.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2026 -
But the nocturnal and reclusive New Zealand native bird ’s fate is teetering toward survival after an unlikely conservation effort that has coaxed the population from 50 to more than 200 over three decades.—
Charlotte Graham-McLay,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Sweet-talked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweet-talked. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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