Thesaurus / cajole
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It cajoles them into discarding whatever taboos might be left at this point.
THE COMPLICATED, OFTEN CYNICAL POLITICS OF FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACYPHILIP BUMPAUGUST 4, 2022WASHINGTON POSTI think putting one woman at the top can probably do more good than trying to cajole five men into following some fixed set of principles.
I SPENT 80 MINUTES INSIDE VITALIK BUTERIN'S BRAIN. HERE'S WHAT I LEARNEDANDREW R. CHOWMARCH 21, 2022TIMEHe is captured on tape cajoling and threatening Georgia’s secretary of state to find him the 11,780 votes he needed for a victory in that state.
MERRICK GARLAND MUST FOLLOW THROUGH WITH HIS COMMITMENT TO HOLD ALL JANUARY 6 PERPETRATORS ACCOUNTABLEJOYCE WHITE VANCEJANUARY 6, 2022TIMEIt basically cajoles the cell into pumping out proteins it doesn’t usually make—ones that can override mutated or deficient ones.
NEW ‘UNIVERSAL SWITCH’ LETS SCIENTISTS FINE-TUNE GENE THERAPYSHELLY FANAUGUST 3, 2021SINGULARITY HUB Popular science articles that make confident claims about parenting on the basis of shoddy evidence can fuel the fire—giving mommy-shamers unwarranted confidence to scold and cajole parents.
SCIENCE ISN’T HERE FOR YOUR MOMMY SHAMING - ISSUE 100: OUTSIDERSCAILIN O'CONNORMAY 19, 2021NAUTILUSThey must become experts in drug development, raise millions, and tirelessly cajole scientists.
THIS FAMILY RAISED MILLIONS TO GET EXPERIMENTAL GENE THERAPY FOR THEIR CHILDRENANTONIO REGALADOAPRIL 13, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWRegulatory capture and safety cultureWhen a regulated industry manages to cajole, control or manipulate agencies that oversee it, rendering them feckless and subservient, the result is known as regulatory capture.
10 YEARS AFTER FUKUSHIMA, OUTDATED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ARE STILL THE NORMBY KUROKAWA & MESHKATI/THE CONVERSATIONMARCH 11, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEChanging his tactics he tried to cajole him and offered him money, but with similar want of success.
HUNTED AND HARRIEDR.M. BALLANTYNE"He thinks to cajole me," whispered the fell demon Distrust, and her heart changed to steel.
ALONEMARION HARLANDIn vain they tried to bulldoze and cajole, to push and to pull, to plead with and to denounce the obstinate Nancy Jane.
THE RIVAL CAMPERSRUEL PERLEY SMITHWORDS RELATED TO CAJOLE
- allures
- argues into
- arm-twists
- barters
- beguiles
- blandishes
- blarneys
- butters up
- cajoles
- comes on
- cons
- decoys
- entices
- flatters
- gets
- hooks
- importunes
- induces
- influences
- inveigles
- jawbones
- lures
- pesters
- plagues
- presses
- prevails upon
- rope in
- soft-soaps
- soothes
- sweet-talks
- talks into
- teases
- tempts
- urges
- wangles
- wheedles
- works on
- worms
- acclaim
- adulate
- applaud
- butter up
- cajole
- celebrate
- charm
- cheer
- commemorate
- commend
- congratulate
- endorse
- eulogize
- exalt
- extol
- fawn upon
- felicitate
- give bouquet
- glorify
- hail
- hand it to
- honor
- ingratiate oneself with
- kudize
- laud
- magnify
- make much of
- panegyrize
- pat on the back
- pay respects
- pay tribute to
- please
- puff up
- recommend
- roose
- salute
- sanction
- satisfy
- sing praises of
- soothe
- speak highly of
- take off hat to
- toast
- trade last
- wish joy to
- worship
- acclaiming
- adulating
- applauding
- buttering up
- cajoling
- celebrating
- charming
- cheering
- commemorating
- commending
- congratulating
- endorsing
- eulogizing
- exalting
- extolling
- fawning upon
- felicitating
- giving bouquet
- glorifying
- hailing
- handing it to
- honoring
- ingratiating oneself with
- kudizing
- lauding
- magnifying
- making much of
- panegyrizing
- patting on the back
- paying respects
- paying tribute to
- pleasing
- puffing up
- recommending
- roosing
- saluting
- sanctioning
- satisfying
- singing praises of
- soothing
- speaking highly of
- taking off hat to
- toasting
- trade last
- wishing joy to
- worshipping
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