cajole

His goal is to talk up the VW agreement to cajole workers at Mercedes and other foreign plants into unionizing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

Belgium's outspoken prime minister Bart De Wever will be in the spotlight as his EU counterparts -- most of whom back the plan -- try to cajole him to accept.

From Barron's ● Dec. 18, 2025

My mother did her best to cajole me into going.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 27, 2025

Playing Adler from the audience, Ferrell tried to cajole Mulaney into partying with him in a hilarious bit.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024

I visit them daily in their spacious glass dishes, and like any good mother I cajole, I celebrate when they reproduce, and I take special note when they behave oddly.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

He rallies Ukrainians, calls attention to atrocities, thanks supporters and cajoles allies for aid.

From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2022

He cajoles the new love of his life Molly to become his sidekick and go to the big city to find riches by performing a psychic act.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 1, 2022

In the film, Zola, played by Paige, strikes up a friendship with a customer, Stefani, played by Keough, who cajoles her into joining her for a weekend of partying in Tampa, Florida.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2021

The lean, contained story focuses on Renee as she cajoles, contorts and carves her way out of captivity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2017

This nearly cajoles me into thinking I should also know what Marv needs with the money.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

When that failed, it cajoled and persuaded many of its allies to join in a coalition of the willing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

No one should be cajoled into paying for a property that they never use and no longer wish to own.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 5, 2026

Rinaudo cajoled a buddy to drive them up in his Volkswagen van one weekend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025

"Maybe it's the failure of Oslo that gave rise to the rather unconventional approach that Trump has taken, where he has short-circuited any sort of process and simply pressured and cajoled," Yacoubian said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025

Worse, he had cajoled Martin Kamen and another Rad Lab scientist, A1 Marshak, into attending.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

But the leak did reveal commercially sensitive information, including Anthropic’s proprietary techniques, tools and instructions for cajoling its AI models to work as coding agents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

A Fed chair can’t change the world on his own; cajoling other Fed officials to back his views requires credibility, among other factors.

From Barron's ● Dec. 11, 2025

So the amount of damage control and cajoling it will take to keep things on track after the disaster in Arizona is enough to make a good fire advocate’s head spin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2025

The celebratory mood follows days of tense negotiations with Republican rebels in Congress and days of cajoling on Capitol Hill, sometimes by the president himself.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2025

“You’re a pretty little duck,” said the enchantress in a kind, cajoling voice.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander