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Gen. John Brennan emerged from the plane on Tuesday, he was greeted by an army composed of two rival Libyan factions the American officer had coaxed into holding their first ever joint military exercises.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Arévalo, whose center-left party had coaxed him into running, had never had strong political aspirations and was polling badly.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2023

"Cottage cheese," she quipped, stressing on the cheese, before she told me how she had coaxed the recipe out of a friend.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2023

Once, it may have been difficult to imagine that Mexico had coaxed Washington to adopt humanitarian and other improvements to benefit asylum seekers.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2021

Habib had coaxed, “In your new school you could teach the kids all about the great books you love so much.”

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai