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Cajoling has gotten the United States as far as it’s going to get on immunizations.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2022

Cajoling and threatening their slaves or joining their children and old men in the fields, they did their best to feed their households and the army.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Cajoling and enticing players onto that limitless funicular track of spending raises serious ethical issues, especially where our youngest players are involved.

From The Verge • Dec. 19, 2017

Cajoling Jeremy with the rousing tune “And a Good One to Boot,” the pirates recruit him into their scruffy band.

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2017

"Cajoling you with a sense of warmth on the very edge of winter, eh?" asked the Sennaar minister.

From The Potiphar Papers by Curtis, George William