coaxed

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Car and Driver coaxed a 6.4-second 0-60 mph time out of the Turbo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage is now at the lowest it’s been since 2022, raising hopes that potential buyers can be coaxed to participate in the spring buying season.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Michael Carrick is far too experienced to get coaxed into giving away whether he wants to become Manchester United's next permanent manager.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

Now it’s graduation day, when native plants coaxed from seedling trays to 1-gallon pots stand ready for planting on the crossing itself this month.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

The original mortgage bond market had come into the world in much the same way, messily, coaxed into existence by the extreme interest of a small handful of people on the margins of high finance.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis