as in to intimidate
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arm-twist
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If the first phase was about intimidating workers into leaving—ending diversity efforts, forcing a return to office, and threatening terminations while dangling the derp—then the second was about eliminating the easiest-to-fire employees.—
David W. Brown,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025 -
From helping a gobbler land the ladies to intimidating his rivals, the turkey snood is a fascinating adaptation.—
Alice Jones Webb,
Outdoor Life,
21 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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With his carry-on bag, his ID and medication inside, now with the DEA, David had no choice but to step off the plane and was eventually bullied into permitting a search of his bag.—
Andrew Wimer,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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In the novel and subsequent film adaptation, Sue initially joins in bullying Carrie but later decides to try to befriend her.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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Now cuts to federal funding threaten efforts to prevent more cases and outbreaks.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Apr. 2025
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But inaccuracies threatened to discredit the emerging field of meteorology and could leave fishermen frustratingly grounded during calm weather.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Apr. 2025
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Depressed and cowed by his wife, Michael comes across as naïve to the point of foolishness, and there are moments when his haplessness is played for laughs.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
19 Mar. 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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After falling in with a group of troublemaking teens, a clown that resembles Frendo, the factory’s mascot, begins terrorizing the town and targeting Quinn and her buddies.—
William Earl,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2025
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Fred Hechinger stars as the too-earnest counselor while Wolfhard, Bryk, and more young actors are there to surely terrorize him before a masked killer terrorizes them.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
5 Apr. 2025
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The settlement also adds that Google will not interfere with, restrain or coerce workers in the exercise of their rights.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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If a sitting or former president can successfully coerce law firms into submission by threatening financial ruin, what happens to the idea of legal independence?—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Torretto was one of a half-dozen advocates who fought to keep the canyon from being bulldozed for residential development.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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If the existing building were bulldozed, Samsung could replace it with a modern and significantly larger structure.—
George Avalos,
The Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Arm-twist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arm-twist. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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