as in pressure
the use of power to impose one's will on another
it took some arm-twisting, but they eventually agreed to make a donation
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Recent Examples of arm-twisting
Lloyd Axworthy, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
After some arm-twisting by Mottola, the Recording Academy invited Martin to perform at the 41st Grammy Awards.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
Biden’s verbal arm-twisting should not be taken lightly.
—Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, TIME, 15 Apr. 2024
The Bush administration and its successor worked hard in cooperation with Yeltsin to make that happen, using a series of inducements and diplomatic arm-twisting.
—Serhii Plokhy, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2019
His years of gentle arm-twisting paid off in the creation of the consortium, which collected genetic data from more than 11,000 people with Alzheimer’s and a nearly equal number of older people who showed no signs of dementia.
—Linda Marsa, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2019
But the couple will not spend time on any presidential arm-twisting.
—Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2023
That set the table for a Wednesday House vote, but arm-twisting for votes continued up to the final minute.
—Laura Litvan, Bloomberg.com, 2 June 2023
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Israel, often skeptical of UN solutions, would likely need some convincing to back a trusteeship, up to and including the type of U.S. arm-twisting seen recently over weapons shipments.
—Lloyd Axworthy, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
After some arm-twisting by Mottola, the Recording Academy invited Martin to perform at the 41st Grammy Awards.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
Biden’s verbal arm-twisting should not be taken lightly.
—Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, TIME, 15 Apr. 2024
The Bush administration and its successor worked hard in cooperation with Yeltsin to make that happen, using a series of inducements and diplomatic arm-twisting.
—Serhii Plokhy, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2019
His years of gentle arm-twisting paid off in the creation of the consortium, which collected genetic data from more than 11,000 people with Alzheimer’s and a nearly equal number of older people who showed no signs of dementia.
—Linda Marsa, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2019
But the couple will not spend time on any presidential arm-twisting.
—Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2023
That set the table for a Wednesday House vote, but arm-twisting for votes continued up to the final minute.
—Laura Litvan, Bloomberg.com, 2 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arm-twisting
Noun
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There’s insurmountable pressure to look and dress a certain way.Shradha Shahani, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2025
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Love can improve his decision making, but a better offensive scheme can also relieve some of that pressure to perform perfectly at all times.Matt Schneidman, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The launch date is dependent on spacecraft traffic to the ISS and in-orbit activity planning and constraints that have to be coordinated with NASA.Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
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Frame policies as tools to achieve organizational objectives rather than constraints. ◾ Pilot programs: Suggest rolling out one or two key policies first ‒ perhaps related to safety or performance management ‒ to demonstrate their impact before expanding further.Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Instead, there was a fast, tough, physical team flying around and making big-time plays, bullying the big-boy Tar Heels.Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
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LeBron James scored 32 points one game after setting the NBA’s all-time minutes record for regular-season games, bullying the Kings on the offensive end while grabbing four steals on the defensive end.Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Freedom refers to the absence of the initiation of physical force, the absence of compulsion and coercion.Brian P Simpson, Orange County Register, 7 Jan. 2025
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This magical compulsion forces Ella to obey any command given to her, no matter how harmful or absurd, and Ella’s cruel stepmother Dame Olga (Joanna Lumley) and wicked stepsisters Hattie (Lucy Punch) and Olive (Jennifer Higham) constantly take advantage.Travis Bean, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
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This new era of AI can feel intimidating for the limited, human life forms that created it.Marc Zao-Sanders, Harvard Business Review, 17 Dec. 2024
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Only six years older than Crystal, the comedian still found Scorsese intimidating.Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Washington retains the capacity to employ economic coercion, diplomatic isolation, and even military force to quash serious efforts by developing countries to challenge U.S. preferences.Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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Terrorism is considered an act that is intended to: intimidate or coerce a civilian population; influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion; or affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination, or kidnapping.Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The lesson here was that complacency and incompetence can sometimes be just as threatening to cybersecurity and resilience as the most devious and determined hackers.Bernard Marr, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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By late afternoon, Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said the Pacific Palisades fire had grown to 1,200 acres — threatening over 10,000 households and 13,000 structures.Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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Travel shaming is on the rise, fueled by concerns about climate change and post-pandemic travel attitudes.Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
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Frazier, the woman with the Dubai video, said at first that the shaming comments upset her.Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Arm-twisting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arm-twisting. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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