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as in to cajole
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as in to bamboozle
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Recent Examples of fast-talk
But during ninety remarkably fast-talking minutes in New York—verbally, both candidates are speed demons—the Ohio senator J. D. Vance moved the narrative of the race in a small but perceptible way toward the Republican side.
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
In this classic, charming romantic comedy, Cary Grant plays a newspaper editor who uses every trick in the book to keep his fast-talking ex-wife (Rosalind Russell), also a reporter for the newspaper, from remarrying.
—EW.com, 30 Sep. 2024
Graham and Bishop played a mother-daughter duo — with Graham as the fast-talking Lorelai and Bishop as her no-nonsense mother, Emily — on the beloved CW show, which aired from 2000 to 2007.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
Buy Now 06 of 08 ‘Talking as Fast as I Can’ by Lauren Graham
Lauren Graham’s role as fast-talking single mother Lorelai is a fan-favorite.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2024
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
In this classic, charming romantic comedy, Cary Grant plays a newspaper editor who uses every trick in the book to keep his fast-talking ex-wife (Rosalind Russell), also a reporter for the newspaper, from remarrying.
—EW.com, 30 Sep. 2024
Graham and Bishop played a mother-daughter duo — with Graham as the fast-talking Lorelai and Bishop as her no-nonsense mother, Emily — on the beloved CW show, which aired from 2000 to 2007.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
Buy Now 06 of 08 ‘Talking as Fast as I Can’ by Lauren Graham
Lauren Graham’s role as fast-talking single mother Lorelai is a fan-favorite.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fast-talk
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Confronting an unpleasant truth of how their party is faring in early voting, Democratic Party leaders on Saturday cajoled voters to show up at the polls and cast ballots, hoping to jolt people into action.Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 26 Oct. 2024
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And just as Biden this year has sought to cajole members from the opposite party in Congress into action, so did an exasperated Trump five years ago this month.John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Apr. 2024
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At trial, Laffitte did not dispute the facts, but claimed he’d been bamboozled by Murdaugh as part of his sprawling scheme.Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 14 Nov. 2024
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But a couple of feints and some decent movement from Soucek bamboozled Kelly, who lost his man, allowing the Czech Republic international to direct a free header into the right-hand corner of the net from an Emerson Palmieri corner.Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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The numbers are vital in helping a club that historically has lived in the shadow of its bigger, wealthier London neighbours thrive at the top level, but Frank’s ability to coax performances out of a largely unheralded squad is just as important.Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
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The latter caper bears fruit, as Matty and Olympia — with the help of, appropriately, a nanny cam — are able to coax one of Olympia’s friends, Lacy (Cathryn Mudon), into confessing to framing Nadira to cover up evidence of her affair with one of the other mom’s husbands.Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
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This season gave her rich moments as both betrayed and betrayer.Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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History will remember the January 6 Committee as defenders of democracy—and you, as a man who betrayed it.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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But the legal precedent relevant to the merger defines their competitors as other supermarkets as well as supercenter operators like Walmart – and neither judge was convinced to alter that methodology.Alexander Coolidge, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Eventually, Goodwin convinced Rockefeller of the same, and in 1926, the Standard Oil heir began writing checks to underwrite the town’s expansive restoration.Cornelia Powers, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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Who triumphs over the greatest challenge of his political career and then can’t stop bitching about the cabinet member who just failed to unseat him?Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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Rebels fight the redcoats, Ben Franklin bitches about his politically backward son, and America gains its independence.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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Four vulnerabilities in WebKit were fixed in iOS 18.2, allowing memory corruption if you were persuaded to interact with malicious web content.Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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For Democrats who agree with Raskin, no amount of calls for returning to normalcy will persuade them to attend Trump's swearing-in ceremony.Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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That rough rollout inspired immediate push-back and criticism from activists, some of which attached traffic cones to the hoods of cars to fool Cruise sensors and immobilize them.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2024
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Don't be fooled into thinking a nice hotel is less likely to have bedbugs.Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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