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The two boys stood with open eyes gazing at the strange people, and it took a little coaxing to get the boys to put on the gloves.
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Hanging out at his parents' park meant coaxing crocs into ponds.
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She takes the general to a nightclub, tries to get him drunk, coaxing him to sing and dance in a vain attempt to humiliate him.
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The former president was famous for coaxing corporates and individuals with deep pockets to build new schools or renovate dilapidated ones.
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Statistics are useful in coaxing policymakers to spend more on psychiatric research, treatment and (one fervently hopes) prevention.
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The artist re-contextualizes text and manipulates scale coaxing us to look at the familiar, or the overlooked in new ways.
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After more than ten years of coaxing, he agreed to meet various professionals in person, and eventually even went to two conferences and delivered a lecture at each.
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Fifteen minutes later, another came over and tried coaxing her into silence.
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In fact, if it weren't for the coaxing and support of their educators, many...
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He's an all around handyman, takes out the garbage when asked, loves baseball, but fear prevents him from coaxing a spider out of the shower.
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