as in to intimidate
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arm-twist
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Mushrooms are a delicious addition to recipes, but preparing them for a dish can be intimidating.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
25 Mar. 2025 -
France’s bureaucracy can be intimidating, especially for those who don’t speak French.—
CNN.com,
Mercury News,
24 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, Trump has his own social media and has browbeaten others, notably Facebook, into forsaking fact-checking.—
Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards,
Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2025
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In the Legislature, the hard feelings with DeSantis might linger after years of being browbeaten into passing his agendas.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2025
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Related article China vows to counter Trump’s ‘bullying’ tariffs as global trade war escalates Another Australian territory targeted by tariffs is the Cocos Islands.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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Harvard University settled two lawsuits claiming that the school failed to stop antisemitic harassment and bullying on campus the day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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Tariffs announced earlier this week, however, threaten to derail hiring and worsen inflation, multiple analysts previously told ABC News.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2025
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Severe thunderstorms threatened a swath of the country with a population of 2.3 million people from northeast Texas through Arkansas and into southeast Missouri.—
ANDREW DeMILLO,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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Until then, amplifying Putin’s nuclear threats, or appearing to be cowed by them, erodes that deterrence.—
Anthony Lake,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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McConnell is 82 and not running for reelection, whereas his colleagues are cowed that any opposition to the MAGA agenda, no matter how damaging this would be to the country, would harm their reelection chances.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2025
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As The Athletic details, Cornett has been harassed and terrorized, and her privacy repeatedly invaded, over the last five weeks.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Written and directed by Worley, Sketch stars Tony Hale, D’Arcy Carden, Bianca Belle and Kue Lawrence in the story of a single dad who is swept up in an insane adventure when his daughter’s comically dark drawings come to life and terrorize their small town.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2025
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She was sentenced in federal court in Boston to four years in prison for charges of coercing people to engage in prostitution and money laundering conspiracy.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2025
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Experts say this is a potentially serious counterintelligence problem that could allow foreign intelligence services to gain insight into a target’s social network or even identify individuals who could be paid or coerced to act against them.—
Dhruv Mehrotra,
Wired News,
27 Mar. 2025
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With her nerves already on edge, Blanche is further startled by the arrival of her brother-in-law Stanley, a brutish drunk who has bulldozed his way into Stella’s heart.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2025
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As these threats built and COVID continued to bulldoze its way across the U.S, people moved away from collective care for one another’s health.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Arm-twist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arm-twist. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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