coax (out)

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Verb
  • In photos obtained by Fox News Digital, Sambora and Locklear were seen walking their daughter down the aisle together.
    Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
  • Officers with the Wyoming Police Department responded to a home in Wyoming, Minnesota, on Monday, May 11, after receiving a 911 call of an assault with a weapon in progress, according to charging documents from the Chisago County Attorney's Office obtained by PEOPLE.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
Verb
  • The flowers must be procured, the tents put up in the garden, and the finishing touches added around the home before her guests arrive.
    Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
  • During proceedings, prosecutors downplayed testimony from three former Google executives who said Google’s investment in GoTo was unrelated to the Indonesian government’s decision to procure Chromebooks for schools.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • In Germany itself, neo-Nazis are gaining ground.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Rookie Gabriela Jaquez scored a team-high 20 points to go with eight rebounds for the Sky, who gained a 40-38 lead just before halftime and never trailed again.
    Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • Black entrepreneurs continue to face tremendous obstacles securing funding, city contracts and institutional support.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
  • Banevicius said the unit where the fight broke out was secured.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2026
Verb
  • When Evans scored a short-handed goal off the rush, Ruff pulled Lyon for Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 17 May 2026
  • Junior Aimee Colson led the Raiders in sacksand total flag pulls this season while senior RonNeisha Thomas led in interceptions.
    Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • Murphy actually got her hands on all five shots in the shootout as Karnezis’ hard liner deflected off her and into the net.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
  • As if holiday poolside lounging (and shopping) couldn’t get any sweeter, so many deals are 60 percent off or more.
    Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
Verb
  • Many manufacturers invested heavily in connected equipment and data collection, only to discover that collecting data and extracting value from it are entirely different challenges.
    Joel Scutchfield, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Washington — New technology allowing audio of plane crashes to be extracted from still images has prompted the National Transportation Safety Board to take a rare step of pausing the public release of nearly all information related to its investigations.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 22 May 2026
Verb
  • Analysts have repeatedly warned that if the war drags on and supply chains are disrupted for long enough, prices for gas and a range of other goods could continue to climb.
    Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • Billy, who speaks in a honeyed southern accent, dresses in Old Hollywood drag, and lives alone in the defunct summer camp where Camp Miasma was shot, isn’t just an envoy from another generation but a representative of a more visceral relationship with art.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 14 May 2026
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“Coax (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coax%20%28out%29. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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