wheedle
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That should shut down whoever is trying to wheedle you into gimmicky strategies, or chasing the returns of recently hot assets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
He’s always looking to learn something, whether it’s from someone or just the cracks in their armor or the information he can wheedle out of somebody.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2025
The arsonists wheedle their way into his house with a combination of servile pleading, subtle bullying and appeals to Biedermann’s moral vanity.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022
Leibovich is, more subtly, a brilliant interviewer able to wheedle not-quite-admissions from his subjects, who give him all the access in the world.
From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2022
Already he’d borrowed heavily to redo their house, to buy into the west side subdivision and golf course, and to wheedle a position on the proposed ski valley’s board of directors.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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