Because ratification requires a two-thirds vote by the Senate, Mr. Obama needs to persuade 67 senators, meaning at least eight Republicans.
On race day a temporary snack bar had also sprung up to take advantage of the passing custom in the village, but the big screen in the adjacent barn couldn't be persuaded to work, meaning there was little reason for spectators to stay and spend after the race had passed.
With unrest over the result, there are efforts to persuade electors to be "faithless," meaning they wouldn't back Trump even if he won their states.
Andersen prefers a narrower meaning: to persuade another by corruption or bribery.
(Without quite meaning to, Meg persuades one cheating friend to push her car into a river in hopes of perfecting her alibi).
This is typically called a regional recall, meaning the automaker persuades the safety agency that the problem is precipitated by factors like salt use, extreme cold or heat, obviating the automaker from conducting a nationwide recall.
The first rule of the Supreme Court, Justice Brennan would say, holding up his open hand, is to get to five — meaning persuading five of the nine justices.
Those limits were intended to persuade refugees to naturalize — well-meaning but mistaken.
Retailers have found that persistent price cuts have proved essential to persuade bargain-hunting households to part with cash, meaning the value of sales in July was down 0.2% compared with June.
They drew on their love of "Star Wars," and its concept of an all-powerful Force, to portray Mormons as well-meaning outsiders trying to persuade people to have faith in ideas without evidence.
