as in coaxes
to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery
blandished her into doing their work for them by complimenting her shamelessly
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coaxes
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That’s perhaps for the best, given the ongoing discussions surrounding AI psychosis, a troubling trend that has caused an alarming wave of mental health crises as the tech coaxes some users into spirals of paranoid and delusional behavior.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
26 Mar. 2026 -
Amid these absurdities, Manuel coaxes out the cruelty of the resort’s hierarchies.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Blandishes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blandishes. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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