Manipulate and Push

Manipulate

Manipulate verb - To control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means.

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Push and manipulate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Push" instead a verb "Manipulate".

Push verb - To apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one.

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Manipulate and push are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Manipulate" instead a verb "Push".

Nearby Words: pushed, pushy, pushover, pushing, pusher

humanity	manipulate humanity	push humanity
character	manipulate character	push character
people	manipulate people	push people
body	manipulate body	push body
Other words: someone, luck, time, way, air, characters, earth, player, everyone, humans, friends, objects, powers, enemies.

In doing so, she only manages to push Louise even closer to the Despair Event Horizon, making her a perfect mark for Julio to manipulate into delivering herself into the Church's clutches.

Source: Fanfic / Halkegenia Online
And yet he still manages to manipulate a TV executive into not wanting the Manatees to push him around - when the guy had previously been making a fortune out of allowing them to do so.

Source: Manipulative Bastard / Western Animation
He knows exactly what buttons to push to gain allies, who he can manipulate and who he can intimidate.

Source: Death by Genre Savviness

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