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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
Brought to life by Kristen Bell, Veronica Mars is a fast-talking, no-nonsense teen P.I. whose deductive skills are as fine-tuned as her empathy.
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Sezin Koehler, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Suits creator Aaron Korsh is doing the reheating this time, taking his premise — a fast-talking legal drama revolving around charming but bullish characters — and setting it in Los Angeles.
—Ayan Artan, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025
The fast-talking, energetic, disgraced executive was convicted of wire fraud and securities fraud in 2022 for misleading investors about Nikola’s operations and zero-emissions technology.
—Michael Wayland, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
Prouty became an ally of Carto’s and a mentor to the director Oliver Stone, who worked some of his feverish theories of power into the screenplay for JFK—Prouty is the sage, fast-talking spook played by Donald Sutherland.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Sezin Koehler, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Suits creator Aaron Korsh is doing the reheating this time, taking his premise — a fast-talking legal drama revolving around charming but bullish characters — and setting it in Los Angeles.
—Ayan Artan, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025
The fast-talking, energetic, disgraced executive was convicted of wire fraud and securities fraud in 2022 for misleading investors about Nikola’s operations and zero-emissions technology.
—Michael Wayland, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
Prouty became an ally of Carto’s and a mentor to the director Oliver Stone, who worked some of his feverish theories of power into the screenplay for JFK—Prouty is the sage, fast-talking spook played by Donald Sutherland.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fast-talk
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For those who haven’t had the pleasure of trying, cajoling sound out of a big shell isn’t easy.—
Abby Levene,
Outside Online,
20 Mar. 2025
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The United States, under President George H. W. Bush and then President Bill Clinton, continually either encouraged or cajoled the parties toward an agreement without specifying what that endgame entailed.—
Marwan Muasher,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2024
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The presence of Good, standing by her man, cast doubt on Jabbari, who is white, and helped create a counter-narrative: that a good Black man had been bamboozled by a conniving white woman.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2025
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Pennsylvanians were bamboozled out of $39.2 million in romance scams last year, per new FTC data.—
Alex Fitzpatrick,
Axios,
1 Apr. 2025
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While many developers at the time settled for simple beeps and boops, Williams coaxed naturalistic environmental sounds from the silicon that modern audio designers, working with gigabytes of sampled audio, would still appreciate.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 Apr. 2025
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Nikola Jokic pump-faked from the top of the key, coaxing Milwaukee Bucks forward Kyle Kuzma’s right foot a step too high.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2025
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What followed was a shocking turn of events, as Cena, fresh from winning the Men's Elimination Chamber and securing a WrestleMania title shot against Rhodes, betrayed his long-standing heroic persona and launched a brutal attack on Rhodes.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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Platitudes about free expression betray a deliberate ignorance of human psychology.—
David Robert Grimes,
Scientific American,
3 Apr. 2025
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While the software does issue a disclaimer before spitting out its design, seemingly to avoid trademark issues, some fair-use hawks are not convinced.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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In 1832, Jackson was convinced that the president of the Bank of the United States, Nicholas Biddle, was using the bank’s wealth and influence to defeat Jackson in the election.—
Jay Cost,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2025
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The bitching and leaving early just makes the fan base look entitled and lacking in football common sense.—
Art de Roché,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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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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Again, this is a case of humans using AI to persuade people to adopt their views rather than an indication that AI is extreme or prone to suggesting extreme ideas and behaviors.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Edwards said the heaviest charges may have been included as a scare tactic to try and persuade Read to take a plea deal.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Then, as if anyone was fooled, the talk show host pulled off his hat, wig and snap-on nose and lip piercings and Sheeran pulled of his wig to reveal his signature carrot top to shouts of joy.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
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That attempt was soon fooled by sloppy play in the neutral zone that gave Brad Marchand a short-handed opportunity.—
Nick Ashbourne,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Fast-talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fast-talk. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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