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“But that doesn’t seem to have been compelling enough for them to let him stay.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2023

But crisis communications guru Mark Borkowski says the show may not have been compelling enough when Spotify reviewed the numbers.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2023

To be sure, there have been compelling arguments for owning stocks in recent months.

From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2022

If not for a failed one-on-one and a missed penalty kick before intermission, the second half would have been compelling.

From Washington Post • Jul. 4, 2022

It is obvious that whilst Peter lived as a Gentile, he could not have been compelling the Gentiles to adopt Judaism.

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard