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Employs a hard sell (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pushes

(Other definitions for pushes that I've seen before include "Shoves" , "Presses to move" , "Presses, drives, or impels to action" , "Propels" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.
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