goad
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Mr. Warsh avoided hints during his post-meeting press conference about the future path of interest rates, despite reporters’ best efforts to goad him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
The economy lacks other spurs to goad it into faster growth.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
Tommy Lasorda had to goad Hershiser into becoming a bulldog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
There’s plenty of footage showing Springer using his power as the show’s host to goad subjects into fights, call their romantic choices sick or depraved, or even crack jokes about their situation.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
And that may be precisely what Lord Tywin wants, Ned thought to himself, to bleed off strength from River- run, goad the boy into scattering his swords.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Anything that goads and irritates the opposition is fair game.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2024
Preston goads while the two do so in a dimly lit park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2024
One seeks out a key piece of Parkinson's-causing RNA, while the other goads the cell to chop it to pieces for recycling.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2024
In body camera footage released by police in June, an officer sprints into the parking lot and apparently goads on Rodriguez-Nuñez, who is standing beside several smoldering vehicles.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
This only goads them into talking further, in lowered voices, their heads leaning in toward each other.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
The first purpose is to keep the audience laser-focused on the differences between love and romance, leading them to believe that observing the distinction is their own doing, not something Barker goaded them into.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
They felt he had been goaded into a moment of weakness.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2025
He might have been tired or frustrated, but should not have let himself be goaded by America’s vice-president.
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2025
In her two decades in the business, goaded by a tireless work ethic that sometimes saw her completing as many as five projects per year, she has amassed credits across stage, film and television.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
I mean, yes, I was goaded, but the truth is, I wanted to see it.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Footage showed Pollock goading fans from the upper windows, giving them a thumbs down, sticking out his tongue and waving and shushing.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
When San Antonio’s big man Victor Wembanyama pointed to his temple after goading a Knick into a cheap foul, the taunt was clear: I’m in your head, buddy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Rather than respond directly to the company, Muddy Waters took to X, where it posted a meme goading SoFi to “run that game.”
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
We can expect some goading and taunting at the ceremonial way in this evening.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025
It hadn’t been easy: finding Mars Bar, taking all his lip about cheating on the race, taking some bumps, some shoves, Mars goading him to fight.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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Lord of the Flies
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