talked out
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While Patel was eventually talked out of sharing the photo and exposing the agents, it seems to have taken some doing.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
One AfD MP, Rainer Rothfuss, had been talked out of the trip, Weidel said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
They simply figured he wasn’t serious, wishfully thinking that he would be talked out of the dumb idea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025
But he was gently talked out of it.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
Afterwards they talked out on the steps long after we’d all been sent to bed.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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