as in coaxed
to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery
wheedled him into doing their work for them
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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 -
Although squirt boats default to floating at the surface, they can be easily coaxed into dipping below.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Wheedled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheedled. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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