fast-talked

verb

past tense of fast-talk
1
as in urged

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2
as in bamboozled

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fast-talked
  1. urged
  2. bamboozled
  3. convinced
  4. betrayed
  5. brought
  6. tricked
  7. persuaded
  8. deceived
Verb
  • Both urged demonstrators to make their voices heard at the ballot box.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Student groups protesting since mid-September through school blockades have urged supporters to join them.
    — SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of urged
Verb
  • Rashford’s smooth shimmy, going inside this time, bamboozled his opponent, who had to pull him down, earning a booking.
    — Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The filmmaker has likened his perspective in this project to that of Dorothy’s dog Toto in The Wizard of Oz, alert to the shuffling feet beneath the curtain rather than being bamboozled by the shyster title character’s techno showmanship.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of bamboozled
Verb
  • Kamala Harris’ defeat convinced some Democratic strategists, like the big-tenters at Third Way and the Searchlight Institute, that Democratic candidates were too easily moved by activists, and that voters held this against them.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Clinical trials cost millions of dollars, so companies first must be convinced the drugs look promising enough for FDA approval, as well as have an edge over current medications.
    — Amy Maxmen, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of convinced
Verb
  • For my body has betrayed that my personal Room 101 must be the mid-exposure realization of having miscalculated a mutual understanding.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Infuriated and betrayed, Gabe decides to exorcize his rage by partying.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of betrayed
Verb
  • American officials were brought into the discussions as well.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The shooting has brought medical expenses and uncertainty to her family, according to the fundraising campaign.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of brought
Verb
  • But a few times in recent years, Hollins, a veterinarian, tricked Jonathan and slid a cotton swab into the giant tortoise's mouth to get a saliva sample.
    — KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Those conducting the online scams are sometimes willing con artists, and other times trafficked foreign nationals -- many Chinese -- tricked themselves into work and held in prison-like compounds.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of tricked
Verb
  • The suspect, identified as Tyler Robinson, was detained following a 33-hour manhunt after his parents recognized him from surveillance footage broadcast in the media and persuaded him to turn himself in.
    — Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
  • What finally persuaded Keitel was a lengthy passage written by Ferrara’s collaborator Zoë Lund, who also plays a woman with whom the lieutenant mainlines heroine.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of persuaded
Verb
  • Some veterans say recruiters deceived them and Haitian authorities tortured them; their families call them scapegoats.
    — Astrid Suárez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Some of the Colombians have long maintained that they were deceived about the mission and arrived at the home after Moïse had already been killed.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of deceived
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