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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rolled out several good U.S. military initiatives on Wednesday, and usually the purpose of big speeches is to persuade the public of worthy ideas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

American oil executives thought they had won their fight to persuade Washington to keep diesel shipments flowing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

He is the poster boy in the Scottish FA's campaign to persuade clubs to give youth more of a chance.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The Times: You tried last year to persuade the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Michael and I had reached out to Chapman once more before the hearing to see if we could persuade him to reopen the investigation and independently reexamine whether McMillian was guilty.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

If Silicon Valley has perfected any business model, it’s the one in which it cooks up a new technology and then persuades people they can’t live without it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

When we meet she persuades me to join her in the water telling me she just stays out after heavy rain, which can trigger spills of raw sewage.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

Kolar explained that, besides actual innocence, “disproportionality is the second most powerful” argument that persuades clemency boards and governors.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026

Giving students real money to invest persuades them to do deeper research and be more risk-averse about possible picks, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

Her gentle grin persuades me to take a bite.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

Last spring, advocates persuaded council members to pursue a ballot measure that would double the parks allocation over four years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

His disarmament initiative has persuaded some militant groups to cooperate in the hope of having sanctions lifted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

That’s right: Oprah Winfrey persuaded her followers to buy a cylindrical glass container holding paper and air, for $45.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Eventually, his friend Reggie Manuel persuaded him to attend, even giving him a lift on his rickety old motorbike.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Was it Kelton who persuaded him, I wonder—or was it because I corroborated his abysmal view of humanity?

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

His most impressive achievement, however, has been persuading people to pay more for his stock than his holdings of Bitcoin are worth.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

The U.A.E. put years of diplomatic muscle into persuading U.S. officials to sell it top-of-the-line AI chips, ultimately swaying the Trump administration to give it the same access as European countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Proponents may face an uphill battle persuading Newsom to sign the bill, which creates a unique revenue stream to pay for the program.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

They managed something most newcomers to Tinseltown never do: persuading some of its biggest companies to invest heavily in them.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Nisus saw the impossibility of persuading him and sorrowfully yielded.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton