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Eighteen days earlier, Pender had convinced Arthur and Islas to go beyond the $300,000 limit they set to buy a 2-year-old son of Maximus Mischief for $385,000 at a sale in Ocala, Fla.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

He recalled his son at one point saying Gemini had convinced him that AI can be real.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Following a round of particularly intense Russian barrages two years earlier, Biletsky had convinced his neighbours to chip in together to install solar panels and batteries on the roof of their high-rise apartment block.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

The specific Neanderthal skeleton that had convinced scientists our ancient cousins walked hunched over, for example, was revealed to have belonged to not just any Neanderthal, but an elderly Neanderthal man with arthritis.

From Slate • May 14, 2025

After years away from the plantation, after taking a wife and starting a family, they had convinced themselves they were free.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead