browbeat
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But when things started to get "really crazy", she browbeat her parents into coming with her.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025
I was in no position to browbeat her for it.
From Slate • Sep. 18, 2024
Musk used a lot of jargon to explain what he browbeat his staff into doing, but it's not hard to read between the lines.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2023
“Attorney General Garland is my constituent, and I don’t browbeat my constituents,” he said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
From Washington Times • Jun. 12, 2022
“I hope you don’t think we’re gonna browbeat our students to please you’all,” she said.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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