wheedled

past tense of wheedle

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coaxed
Verb
  • Rhule coaxed a score prediction ahead of the Michigan-Nebraska game from Portnoy.
    Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Fischer and Leonberg coaxed out Indy’s performance themselves.
    Laura Martin, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Wheedled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheedled. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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