Goad and Try

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Goad

Goad verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.
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Try and goad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Goad".
Nearby Words: goaded, goading

Try

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.
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Goad and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Goad" instead a verb "Try".
Nearby Words: tried, trying

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man goad man try man
people goad people try people
rest goad rest try rest
player goad player try player
Other words: heroes.

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  • Operation: Jealousy Higurashi: When They Cry: Shion openly and shamelessly flirts with Keiichi in front of Mion, to try and goad the latter into admitting her feelings for Keiichi (to the boy himself).
    Source: Operation: Jealousy
  • Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames In X-Men: Days of Future Past, Wolverine calls Hank (who has essentially retired from superheroics due to the X-Men having disbanded) Beast and "Beastie" several times to try and goad him into a fight.
    Source: Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames
  • Video Game / Yandere Simulator They're trouble-making bullies who try to goad people into fighting with them, but if they see you hurt someone they'll beat you senseless.
    Source: Video Game / Yandere Simulator
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