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

“The US and Qatar can push, they can cajole, they can offer inducements, they can offer to help create the technical solutions,” says Chuck Freilich.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2024

Because they couldn't cajole him into the diningroom Mother believed he had some sort of spell he was going to cast on her when he got her alone.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

It’s in one of these quiet moments that Timble gently cajoles Orris in the way only a good friend can.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Eventually, Ao’s mother cajoles him into going, partly by bribing him with a snack.

From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2022

The way Anita shifts tone, inflection, depending on to whom she’s speaking; the way she cajoles or scolds reveals much.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 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

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

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

She advised a customer about treating a bug bite, helped a man wire money and cajoled a city worker about getting a sidewalk repair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 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

He cajoled Harrison Ford to do more publicity for February’s “Captain America: Brave New World,” managed “princess week” at Disney theme parks and online, and is integrating the Disney+ and Hulu marketing teams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 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

Waterside, merchants wheedled and cajoled customers, hoping to lure them into their shops.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

“No amount of cajoling or liens will scare” the other owners who don’t pay, the former U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

More Celtic people streamed on, dancing and waving and cajoling.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 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

Every year we spend hundreds of dollars on phone calls and letters, writing, faxing, cajoling, and bribing, trying to get out of the pilgrimage to Mommy’s tiny house in Ewing.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride