browbeating
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He named Quintero as his accomplice only after a browbeating from the authorities, who wanted to frame Quintero for a crime he didn’t commit, Trujillo told the jury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Several European officials said the leaders’ meeting went better than expected—a sign of both relief and diminished expectations after 18 months of browbeating from Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
For him, in fact, the swagger and browbeating are often an integral part of the negotiating process.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2025
But the choice is not between either taking at face value everything executives say, or browbeating them at every opportunity.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2022
Now he was stuck in the middle of an increasingly acrimonious debate between the browbeating Lawrence and the bedridden Compton.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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