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A core objective has been persuading Colombia’s armed groups to disarm in exchange for largely unspecified benefits.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

She has been persuading other people in the region to talk openly about their jobs.

From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2022

A more pressing concern has been persuading his own caucus.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2019

In his view, at each step of the Brexit negotiations Mrs May has been persuading the "various camps" within the cabinet to be "realistic" and take the necessary steps to make the negotiations a success.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2018

Your father has been persuading me, Helen," said the earl, when she came in, "that I am not quite so useless in the world as I imagined.

From A Noble Life by Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock