According to the Cambridge Dictionary, proselytizing “to try to persuade someone to change their religious or political beliefs or way of living to your own.”

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2023/01/18/pope-francis-urges-christians-not-to-try-to-convert-nonbelievers/

According to the FTC, “many of these chatbots are effectively built to persuade and are designed to answer queries in confident language even when those answers are fictional.”

Source: https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2023/05/issues-warning-about-misuse-generative-ai/385868/

“A comprehensive policy has been framed for constructing playing fields across the country to engage the youth in sports and persuade them to shun drug use,” he said.

Source: https://www.financialexpress.com/sports/sports-can-play-vital-role-in-preventing-drug-use-among-youth-says-union-minister-anurag-thakur/3087590/

And my then stepfather, I think, got Loy to persuade one of these modelling agents to bring me over.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/jennifer-egans-disciplined-restlessness

ANDREW PIERCE: Ann Widdecombe says a caller posing as Boris Johnson tried to persuade her to join a new.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12293417/Melbourne-Mick-Gatto-tattoos-Bali-holiday.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

And she described being 'unsettled by his enthusiasm for' the illicit substance, and said his 'tactics to try to persuade her to try it were rather underhand.'

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12757907/dyan-cannon-life-carreer-marriage-cary-grant.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

And with two years still left on his contract, it would take a sizeable fee to persuade City to let him go to a club that they will likely see as a rival in next season's Champions League.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12180251/PSG-plot-swoop-Man-City-star-Bernardo-Silva-replacement-Inter-Miami-bound-Lionel-Messi.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

A source close to the Duchess said she had "hugely enjoyed" co-hosting Loose Women to promote a campaign to persuade women not to skip breast cancer screenings but refused to comment on other projects.

Source: https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23912065.sarah-ferguson-talks-itv-join-morning/?ref=rss

A source close to the situation said: “The manager tried to persuade Robby to stay and push for the jersey and although disappointed with the outcome Michael understands and accepts Robby’s reasons.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/23653699.robby-mccrorie-rangers-transfer-exit-looms-talks/?ref=rss

At a pretrial hearing, MGN lawyers sought to persuade the judge that Ricky Tomlinson, part of the wider group of claimants, would be a more suitable representative at the trial.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/04/diana-meghan-and-the-tabloid-press-harry-finally-gets-his-day-in-court

At this stage, human input is still necessary to engage, inform and persuade different types of audiences.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhall/2023/11/19/how-to-future-proof-your-content-strategy-in-the-age-of-ai/

But if you’re fat, men won’t even see that you’re pretty, they’ll just think: ‘Oh no, I have to sit next to the plump one’ — and then it’s double the work to persuade them that you are clever and funny.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12243793/SUSANNAH-JOWITT-says-mums-obsession-weight-fat-mother-unrepentant.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

But it seems that Trump's lawyer Tacopina is making the fatal mistake of arguing his case in a manner that makes his client happy, rather than trying to persuade a jury," Florida attorney Ron Filipkowski.

Source: https://www.salon.com/2023/05/01/stable-genius-level-strategy-lawyer-demands-mistrial-by-calling-unfair/

But the organisation still retains the influence to persuade others to take its claims at face value, and many others, including news organisations, have picked up where HRW left off.

Source: https://newafricanmagazine.com/29101/

Carter wants to indicate his potential to catch passes out of the backfield and persuade Hackett that he ought to be the highest again whereas Hall is out.

Source: https://basquiatstrings.co.uk/the-jets-have-the-most-to-prove-this-spring-bt-news

Ciaravino was also supported by the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7, the union that represents most rank-and-file Chicago police officers, and he leaned heavily on his experience as an officer to try and persuade voters to put their safety in his hands.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/4/4/23670466/ald-lee-ciaravino-11th-ward-seat-4th-5th-chicago-election

Daniel was trying to persuade him to tackle what is likely the state’s most photographed architectural wonder: Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/robert-plunket-one-of-americas-funniest-gayest-writers-is-finally-becoming-famous

Diplomats have pressed officials in some of those countries to avoid working with Wagner or to help persuade other neighboring nations to cease interacting with the group.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/07/wagner-russia-africa-00095572

Doyle has already admitted he would “love” to return to United if the opportunity arises although, like McAtee, his first preference is to try and persuade City he is worthy of a place in their plans moving forward.

Source: https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-united/the-reason-man-city-wanted-sheffield-united-to-sign-james-mcatee-on-loan-4187102

Even if it doesn’t persuade a lot of people, that still is part of the president’s role, to defend the constitutional order,” Schickler said.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/08/joe-biden-trump-indictment-no-comment