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coax

[kohks] / koʊks /


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They came up with what many saw as a long-shot plan: coax the whale into the water-filled hold of a special barge and tow it back to its natural habitat.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Sheriff’s personnel responded to the scene at 3 p.m. and used deescalation tactics to try to coax the suspect from the car for several hours to no avail.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

And they keep rising, even as policymakers try to coax that money back into the economy.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

The discount on next year’s Epic Pass that Vail Resorts is giving skiers and snowboarders ages 13 to 30 as it tries to coax customers to its mountains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Actually, his third if you counted the twenty minutes it took to coax him out from under my bed and lock him up in his plastic carrier.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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