Fail
Fail verb - To stop functioning.
Persuade
Persuade verb - To cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Done in an episode of Hannah Montana where Oliver, Lilly and Miley are stacked up like this watching Jackson fail to persuade Robbie Ray to up his curfew.
Source: Scooby Stack -
Fallout 3 changed many non-stat based charm, persuade and intimidation -type options to have a chance to fail, though, this was reverted in New Vegas.
Source: Charm Person -
Feuding Families: The Mountain God will stop at nothing to prevent his daughter Yukime loving Nube, sending out enforcers to kill the latter when attempts to persuade the former fail.
Source: Manga / Hell Teacher Nube
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