appeal
/əˈpiɫ/
noun
an act of persuasion by saying that something is reasonable or fair to do
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1Socialism in the wake of the Industrial Revolution appealed to many Americans.
2Others appealed to the states for women's admission to the polls.
3This spiritual side of his writing appealed to many readers.
4None of this is appealing.
5And his message certainly had appeal.
to appeal
/əˈpiɫ/
verb
to attempt to persuade someone to do something by saying to them that it is reasonable or fair
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1Socialism in the wake of the Industrial Revolution appealed to many Americans.
2Others appealed to the states for women's admission to the polls.
3This spiritual side of his writing appealed to many readers.
4None of this is appealing.
5And his message certainly had appeal.
to arbitrate
/ˈɑɹbəˌtɹeɪt/
verb
to officially resolve a disagreement between people
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1The state Supreme Court ultimately was asked to arbitrate a case that invalidated the plan that was enacted in 2011 as a partisan gerrymander.
2We will come in and arbitrate any situation for you impartially and without bias because we don't care.
3The Spartans refused to arbitrate.
4That's a lot of what the financial system is about is about arbitrating that.
5During its four month occupation, Varus used this base of operations to conduct building projects, arbitrate inter-tribal disputes in the Roman fashion, and begin planting the seeds of Roman rule in Greater Germany.
arbitration
/ˌɑɹbɪˈtɹeɪʃən/
noun
the process in which a person is officially appointed to act as a judge and settle an argument
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1Arbitration needs to be relabeled.
2Arbitration is a private system that takes fights behind closed doors away from a judge and jury.
3Now, arbitration is often seen as a boogeyman within legal circles.
4The key mechanisms within that approach are, firstly, arbitration.
5Arbitration was never the objective.
arbitrator
/ˈɑɹbɪˌtɹeɪtɝ/
noun
someone who is appointed to resolve a disagreement
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1For example, some arbitrators may be biased towards the companies that give them cases.
2Management takes their position, the union takes their position, the arbitrator has to pick one.
3The arbitrator has to pick one.
4Though closely related, the three work somewhat differently: Arbitrators hear and decide disputes.
5Yeah, he's an arbitrator.
to argue
/ˈɑɹɡju/
verb
to provide reasons when saying something is the case, particularly to persuade others that one is right
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1Trump's lawyer, Alan Dershowitz himself once argued the opposite during the Clinton impeachment.
2As historians and economists argue the criteria, adjustments due to inflation and the values of commodities and services.
3Realistically, the man can argue three legal theories for a lawsuit.
4Proponents of immunity would also argue logistical problems.
5The loser of this round has to argue the next round with their feet in ice water.
to argue into
/ˈɑːɹɡjuː ˌɪntʊ/
verb
‌to persuade someone to do something by providing them with reasons

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to argue out
/ˈɑːɹɡjuː ˈaʊt/
verb
‌to persuade someone to not do something by providing reasons for them

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arm-twisting
/ˈɑːɹmtwˈɪstɪŋ/
noun
the act of forcing someone, sometimes even physically, to do something
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1The PRESIDENT is going to LUNCH with HIM today and returning to US stomping grounds with the arm-twisting stage of the procedure.
to beat down
/bˈiːt dˈaʊn/
verb
to persuade a person to lower the price of something particular
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1Just beating down the sword.
2The sun beats down!
3We were beat down.
4The sun beats down, a large fire burns near the waterline, and in that fire, lies the body of a man.
5The rain is beating down in a heavy downpour.
blandishments
/ˈbɫændɪʃmənts/
noun
nice things that are done for someone or said to them to persuade them to do something particular

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bribe
/ˈbɹaɪb/
noun
an amount of money or something of value given to someone in order to persuade them to do something that is illegal
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1Accepting bribes from Coursera.
2- Thank you, sir. - Ooh, bribe money!
3Bribe the bouncer.
4Number five is bribes.
5Bribes are the permissive parents version of threats.
to bribe
/ˈbɹaɪb/
verb
to persuade someone to do something, often illegal, by giving them an amount of money or something of value
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1Accepting bribes from Coursera.
2- Thank you, sir. - Ooh, bribe money!
3Bribe the bouncer.
4Number five is bribes.
5Bribes are the permissive parents version of threats.
to bring round
/bɹˈɪŋ ɹˈaʊnd/
verb
to persuade someone to do something or agree to something
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1Then you can bring round the bicycle.'
2The small boy brought round a small thin volume and a great greasy-backed one, laying them out together beneath the hanging lamp.
3He then ordered his horse to be brought round, and, after insisting on his wife and the three boys sitting down to dinner, rode off down the Ascot road with a groom.
to bring together
/bɹˈɪŋ təɡˈɛðɚ/
verb
to make people become closer together or become friendlier, or to help them end their argument
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1This conference has brought together an even broader range of people in today's audience.
2Today's program will bring together even more people virtually.
3JFK's nephew Stephen Kennedy Smith and historian Doug Brinkley bring together Kennedy's greatest speeches and essays and stories by political thinkers, writers, and artists.
4Docking programs bring together the protein of interest with each compound.
5We bring together each summer about 100 very talented students from around the world.
carrot
/ˈkæɹət/, /ˈkɛɹət/
noun
something offered to someone as a means of persuasion
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1Carrots Along with Vitamin C, carrots have a large amount of B-6, calcium, iron and magnesium.
2Do carrots lower cholesterol?
3Carrots will also lower your blood pressure.
4Carrots definitely are in.
5Carrots have two main types of antioxidants.
to coax
/ˈkoʊks/
verb
to persuade by being kind and gentle
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1She is coaxing this out of me.
2Those coax cables are thinner than a human hair.
3Just ran the cable right into the coax on the TV.
4The hard part was simply coaxing the octopus out of its den.
5That coaxing into it.
coaxing
/ˈkoʊksɪŋ/
adjective
persuasive in a gentle manner
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1Persuading him to run for mayor against the incumbent, Ed Koch, and then to face Rudy Giuliani, took some coaxing by Harlem’s Democratic power brokers.
2June didn't need COAXING for her shot.
3The scientists took the fruit back to their laboratory in Moscow and, with some gentle coaxing, were able to grow new plants which, in turn, flowered and produced new seeds.
coaxing
/ˈkoʊksɪŋ/
noun
the act of gently persuading someone
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1Persuading him to run for mayor against the incumbent, Ed Koch, and then to face Rudy Giuliani, took some coaxing by Harlem’s Democratic power brokers.
2June didn't need COAXING for her shot.
3The scientists took the fruit back to their laboratory in Moscow and, with some gentle coaxing, were able to grow new plants which, in turn, flowered and produced new seeds.
to convince
/kənˈvɪns/
verb
to make someone feel certain about the truth of something
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1No one was convinced.
2He convinced.
3Convince seems, useful.
4You convinced?
5Yes or no, people convinced?
convincing
/kənˈvɪnsɪŋ/
adjective
able to make someone believe that something is right or true
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1But, the connection between autoimmunity and schizophrenia is pretty convincing.
2Some AI art pieces are very convincing.
3Jeremy's sincerity wasn't convincing.
4None of them were very convincing.
5Those guys are mad convincing.
cooling-off period
/kˈuːlɪŋˈɔf pˈiəɹɪəd/
noun
a period during which two opposing sides try to come to an agreement before taking any serious action

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to dangle
/ˈdæŋɡəɫ/
verb
to persuade someone to do something by offering them something pleasant
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1Dangling from a skyscraper?
2The string is just dangling.
3- Mine's dangling.
4Just dangling off.
5Just dangling.
to dissuade
/dɪˈsweɪd/
verb
to advise someone against something
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1Those risks haven't dissuaded the companies that are currently developing studies and testing prototypes.
2To dissuade people from buying RimWorld?
3Do not be dissuaded.
4Don't dissuade sales with an outrageous price.
5Nothing's wife, however, dissuaded him from going.
to encourage
/ɛnˈkɝɪdʒ/, /ɪnˈkɝədʒ/
verb
to persuade a person to do something by making them think it is good for them or by making it easier
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1Its main goal is to teach literacy and encourage kids to learn how to spell.
2Alfred’s tutors encouraged his passion for chemistry and literature.
3Jerry's work in 1989 on IP international trade opportunities and risk of a gap connection encouraged my curiosity.
4These new markets encouraged bulk manufacture.
5Encouraging telecommuting?
to entice
/ɪnˈtaɪs/
verb
to persuade someone or something to do something specific, often by offering them what they desire
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1The glimmer of a promise of power, wealth, servants, and spies can entice any player's dark side.
2The water itself should be enticing.
3It entices some rebels to ground level.
4It entices some rebels to ground level.
5A glowing lure entices victims into this dragonfish's terrifying teeth.
to exhort
/ɪɡˈzɔɹt/
verb
to work very hard at persuading someone into doing something
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1One of Mr. Crumpling's daughters exhorted and shouted praises until her strength gave way and she fell to the ground in a dead faint.
2You exhorted everybody who's listening to create factions and precipitating events.
3And he exhorted them to pursue a life of creativity and passion, and this sort of became the initial Last Lecture.
4As he made his way, Julian continuously exhorted the units he passed to greater courage, inspiring them with his oration.
5Now, her daughter pounds the pulpit every Sunday at her church in Jefferson City, Missouri, exhorting her parishioners to vote.
exhortation
/ˌɛɡˌzɔɹˈteɪʃən/
noun
the action or process of trying very hard to persuade someone to do something
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1At the end of the book, near the end of the book, is a really interesting exhortation.
2And Leviticus 19 contains a similar exhortation not to wrong a stranger who resides with you, but "love him as yourself for you were strangers in the land of Egypt."
3Let me just end with an exhortation.
4We're not engaging in exhortation and generational flattery.
5It's surely significant that the dietary laws are followed by a powerful exhortation to be holy in imitation of God, Leviticus 11:43-45.
fence-mending
/fˈɛnsmˈɛndɪŋ/
noun
the act of trying to help opposing sides come to an agreement

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to get
/ˈɡɛt/, /ˈɡɪt/
verb
to convince someone to do something by giving them good reasons to do it
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1Have you got any hobbies?
2My sister's got a little hotel by the sea.
3- You get a whole bunch of clothes in that washing machine!
4We just got a really good photographer.
5It got a laugh.
to get around
/ɡɛt ɐɹˈaʊnd/
verb
to persuade someone to do what one wants, often by doing things they like
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1Turtles really get around!
2The word got around.
3Just getting around.
4Riders with disabilities, seniors, and the blind can get around more easily.
5That truck gets around.
to get out
/ɡɛt ˈaʊt/
verb
‌to get something through using force
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1Get out.
2- Get out!
3Get out.
4Get out.
5Get out!
gift of gab
/ɡˈɪft ʌv ɡˈæb/
noun
an ability to easily and confidently speak to people and persuade them to do something particular
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1So, I play a character that went through life as a con artist, gift of gab, never really had to try or apply myself.
2this is the rhythmic unit of the verse, and all the rhythmic interest comes from the different ways Gift of Gab places it around the bar.
3to reiterate, though, no one is actually playing a tresillo: Gift of Gab or, occasionally, Chief Xcel is rapping on every single 16th note.
4the simple fact that Gift of Gab can change your perception of the rhythm without actually changing anything that we would traditionally consider part of the rhythm shows that our conception of what counts a rhythmic is, at best, incomplete.
5So for me it's video but you might be a great writer but you're uncomfortable in front of a camera or you like the gift of gab but not in front of a camera
to harangue
/hɝˈæŋ/
verb
to give a speech that is lengthy, loud, and angry intending to either persuade or criticize
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1What is a meringue harangue?
2For the next few months, Kafka’s father harangued him.
3By the way, the Clinton campaign is haranguing these guys,
4The old gentleman ended his harangue.
5The old gentleman ended his harangue.
harangue
/hɝˈæŋ/
noun
an angry speech that is loud and lengthy
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1What is a meringue harangue?
2For the next few months, Kafka’s father harangued him.
3By the way, the Clinton campaign is haranguing these guys,
4The old gentleman ended his harangue.
5The old gentleman ended his harangue.
honest broker
/ˈɑːnɪst bɹˈoʊkɚ/
noun
a country or someone who is unbiased and tries to help others come to an agreement
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1But, of course, for every Bialystock, there's a Buffett, for every Bernie Madoff, 1,000 honest brokers, because there have always been two faces of finance.
2He meant to be a good soldier, a good guy, a middle man, an honest broker, an American president you could deal with, an American who is sympathetic to you.
3ISOO serves as an honest broker overseeing protection of the information that safeguards the American government and its people.
4When local disputes broke out in Thessaly, Philip II would put himself forward as an honest broker, offering his services to resolve the dispute.
5Dodgy cowboys would replace honest brokers.
to induce
/ˌɪnˈdus/
verb
to influence someone to do something particular
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1Capitalism induced shame.
2Eventually, doctors induced a coma.
3Fear- inducing uncertainty.
4Now, this sub-game induces a different value for Jake.
5However, certain types of seafood like shellfish can induce allergic reactions.
inducement
/ˌɪnˈdusmənt/
noun
something given to someone in order to persuade or encourage them to do something particular
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1You move your inducement thing.
2Is this exploitation, or undue inducement?
3Is this undue inducement, or exploitation?
4For this you have every inducement of sympathy and interest.
5Now this has to be one of the most powerful inducements.
to intercede
/ˌɪntɝˈsid/
verb
to talk to someone in order to persuade them to help settle an argument or not to punish someone else
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1Fortunately, after a few months, the master at King’s School interceded on Isaac’s behalf, convincing Hannah that he was best suited back with them.
2Unfortunately for him other things intercede.
3We can intercede.
4And because people interceded on her behalf.
5He interceded many times on behalf of clients in his hometown Arpinum, for which he functioned as a collective patron of the entire settlement.
intercession
/ˌɪnɝˈsɛʃən/, /ˌɪntɝˈsɛʃən/
noun
the action of talking to someone so that they help settle an argument or show kindness to someone else
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1Saint Joseph, do assist me, empower intercession and obtain me-- - That's it?
2This temporary alienation from God is ultimately repaired through Moses' intense prayer and intercession.
3The notion that I, possessor of spiritual reserves and spiritual power, can pray for you, sinful knight, sinful king, sinful merchant, is called intercession.
4After his death, then, his intercession was invoked across Europe, and his cult spread from country to country.
5You will need An exemplary life and miracles attributed to your intercession.
to interest in
/ˈɪntɹəst ˈɪn/
verb
to try to persuade someone to do, eat, or buy something specific
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1These columnists were educated, interested in politics, mostly progressive, and, perhaps most importantly, completely anonymous.
2They APPARENTLY contained Black Powder and the FBI interested in where those attached Kitchen Timers Came from.
3Anyone interested in TREATMENT
4And lastly, the thought behind the video originally was to create something that attracts people interested in classic men's style and detracts people who are not interested in it.
5Things like elections, political leaders and parties, different causes to which they may feel some attraction, interested in wars and revolutions that they see or have heard about.
intermediary
/ˌɪnɝˈmidiɛɹi/, /ˌɪntɝˈmidiɛɹi/
noun
an organization or someone who helps others to reach an agreement
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1He was the intermediary.
2They are intermediaries.
3And these intermediaries take different shapes and forms.
4Are there intermediaries?
5Nell mentioned 16 intermediaries.
intermediary
/ˌɪnɝˈmidiɛɹi/, /ˌɪntɝˈmidiɛɹi/
adjective
acting as a conversation medium between two groups of people so they can create an argument
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1He was the intermediary.
2They are intermediaries.
3And these intermediaries take different shapes and forms.
4Are there intermediaries?
5Nell mentioned 16 intermediaries.
to intervene
/ˌɪntɝˈvin/
verb
to intentionally become involved in a difficult situation in order to improve it or prevent it from getting worse
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1But senior Justice Department officials intervened.
2But complexity intervened.
3JAMES GREINER: Or data intervened.
4However Adrian's parents intervened.
5Then his hero intervened.
intervention
/ˌɪntɝˈvɛnʃən/
noun
involvement in a difficult situation in order to improve it or prevent it from getting worse
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1The intervention reduced the participantsnegative thoughts and feelings two to three times more effectively than a control group.
2Where's your intervention?
3One is intervention from outside.
4Can we monitor interventions?
5Early intervention has showed some very promising results for those with autism.
to jolly into
/dʒˈɑːli ˌɪntʊ/
verb
to encourage or persuade someone to do something by putting them in a good mood

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to lobby
/ˈɫɑbi/
verb
to make an attempt to persuade politicians to agree or disagree with a law being made or changed
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1- Inside two North Korean dictators father and son dominate the lobby.
2People were lobbying forever.
3We lobby tech companies.
4Hire companies are lobbying for a change in the law.
5This lobby is insane.
lobbyist
/ˈɫɑbiəst/
noun
someone who attempts to persuade politicians to agree or disagree with a law being made or changed
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1Lobbyists play a major role in American policymaking.
2Trump staffers have to become lobbyists.
3Trump staffers have to become lobbyists.
4Local governments have lobbyists in DC.
5They have their lobbyists.
to lure
/ˈɫʊɹ/
verb
to trick someone into doing something or going somewhere by offering them a reward or something interesting
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1The rival's efficiency slowly lured users away from Yahoo!
2It lures our wills.
3Atilla: Giant forks, swords, knives, lures.
4The Bariba use hunting lures.
5The Bariba use hunting lures.

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