as in to intimidate
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Goalkeepers can intimidate strikers into poor shooting decisions with a good stare-down.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
24 July 2025 -
Cycling shoes can be intimidating—particularly the idea of wearing something that locks your feet right to your bike’s pedals.—
Jennifer Heimlich,
SELF,
23 July 2025
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Don’t try to browbeat your rivals into making a trade.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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At a two-day meeting that concludes Wednesday, the Fed is widely expected to hold its key interest rate steady despite President Donald Trump’s monthslong campaign aimed at browbeating Fed Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues into cutting rates.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
28 July 2025
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Researchers have seen that wild horses and burros will hog water tanks, streams, and other water sources — often to the detriment of native critters like deer and antelope, which are easily bullied by a big stallion.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
31 July 2025
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After all, living with a drunk step-mom, being bullied at school, and failing all her classes isn’t what it’s cracked up to be.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
28 July 2025
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His charges include three instances of misdemeanors of battery, exhibiting a deadly weapon and threatening to commit a crime with the intent to terrorize.—
Danielle Bacher,
People.com,
21 July 2025
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Only the federal government could afford that, and earlier this year President Donald Trump threatened to shut down FEMA and make the states responsible for disaster relief.—
John Seabrook,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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The Pacers are accustomed to winning difficult games on the road this postseason, and nothing about that body of work the past two months suggests they will be cowed by losing star point guard Tyrese Haliburton.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
23 June 2025
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His goal is to make escalation-management harder for Ukraine and its allies and so cow them into submitting to his will rather than risk a nuclear exchange.—
Marc Champion,
Mercury News,
13 June 2025
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But to repeat, the Democrats in Massachusetts, another state Nunez terrorized, dare not speak out against him.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
23 July 2025
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Twigs alleged in her legal complaint that throughout their relationship, which lasted less than a year, LaBeouf terrorized and assaulted her, both verbally and physically.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
22 July 2025
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The attention influencers and celebrities generate fuels this model, but rest assured, checks and balances coerce cooperation.—
Solo Ceesay,
Rolling Stone,
28 July 2025
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If Messi and teammate Jordi Alba skip the event and avoid immediate sanctions, as early reporting from ESPN suggests, what is to coerce Kylian Mbappe 10 years or Lamine Yamal 20 years from now in the twilight of their careers?—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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My creative friends now are either scrambling to climb the ladder fast enough to not get bulldozed or pivoting to something AI can’t touch.—
Zoë Sessums,
Architectural Digest,
23 July 2025
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Angry Democrats stormed out of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday as Republicans bulldozed ahead with the controversial nomination of Emil Bove to a lifetime appointment as a federal appeals court judge.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
17 July 2025
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“Arm-twist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arm-twist. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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