Sentence examples for woo away from inspiring English sources

And Mr. Emanuel's five competitors for the job were scrambling to woo away his supporters.

By raising its bid, Hertz is hoping to finally overcome Avis's persistent efforts to woo away Dollar Thrifty.

Among the questions, according to several station representatives: Was NPR trying to woo away coveted local donors?

Indeed, despite repeated efforts by Western governments to woo away regime officials, "there have been no major defections by senior Alawite officials," Tabler said.

But as soon as Mr. Grudinin began to woo away Putin voters, he disappeared from state television except for a smear campaign.

Both Mr. Allawi and Mr. Maliki have ruled out any coalition with each other, although Mr. Maliki has made efforts to woo away some of the Sunni parties in Mr. Allawi's Iraqiya alliance — so far without success.

Competition had wooed away some people.

A year later, he angered his former colleagues by wooing away Mr. Williams and Mr. Menchel.

He was easily wooed away by Fairchild, in San Jose, Calif.

Internet betting is hurting a bit, but punters are being wooed away by casinos and lotteries.

During the "war," the American League wooed away many of the National League's star players.