sweet-talk

• “I stood firmly on the side of the landowners, no matter who tried to sweet-talk me or guilt me into changing my stance.”

  Simon & Schuster: Mercy Kill

• “And many Muslims were duped by his sweet-talk and pinned their hopes on this man to lift the oppression from them.”

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• “She returned before landing to again sweet-talk him into giving her a tip.”

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• “It took a lengthy series of pleas, assurances and sweet-talk from the Bangladeshi government to get the Saudis to withdraw the ban.”

  The Huffington Post: Jalal Alamgir: Eight Beheadings on Justice Square

• “Hair salons often sweet-talk their customers into buying expensive hair-care products they don't need.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Unilever's Expensive New Sheen

• “But despite using a terrible pick-up line, Sam managed to sweet-talk Quinn into a duet of "Lucky," which won them the competition and a first date at Breadsticks.”

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• “Tony was the kind of guy, I guessed, who could sweet-talk parents until they stretched the curfew, reassuring them that their daughter would be in good hands.”

  Simon & Schuster: Brooklyn Story

• “Watching the zombie-fied Vince try to sweet-talk a vapid caricature of a Vanity Fair reporter is only microscopically more interesting than watching Half-Turtle blossom into a restaurant entrepreneur.”

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• “A series of e-mail conversations he held with top commanders in 2004 -- and that were made public by Cambio magazine last year -- indicate that Morris tried to sweet-talk them in order to get an interview with a famous hostage the group was then holding, Ingrid Betancourt.”

  The Washington Post: U.S. denies visa to Colombian journalist Hollman Morris, citing Patriot Act

• “Abramoff "could sweet-talk a dog off a meat truck," he says at one point.”

  The Washington Post: 'Casino Jack' Abramoff's sidekick Neil Volz hasn't lost appetite for good life

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