goad
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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
Their trash-talking, hard checking, and ability to goad rivals into losing their cool on the ice is actually a point of pride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2025
As they goad each other, they act pettily and childishly but is also great fun to watch the superb actors go toe-to-toe.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2024
Enrique likes to goad his mother by making noise.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
The only non-spoiler cameo is Courteney Cox’s reporter Gale Weathers, an antagonist-turned-mascot who goads Sidney into admitting that their relationship is “complicated but enduring.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Anything that goads and irritates the opposition is fair game.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 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
The language of economics goads us into being more selfish than we would be otherwise, research shows.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2020
This only goads them into talking further, in lowered voices, their heads leaning in toward each other.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
A second complainant told jurors he had kissed Bowen in a café after being "goaded" into it by other boys.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The fans goaded Kuniskis to rip a burnout, spinning the truck’s wheels in place until rubber turned into smoke.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
His mother was furious and goaded his father to discipline him.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
"If you 'bout to drop, she gotta approve/This girl really 'bout to make you act like you not in a feud," he goaded: "Yeah, shoutout to Taylor Swift/Biggest gangster in the music game right now."
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2024
“Aw, how cute,” Adam goaded Joe, using a baby voice.
From "Mystery Map (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #3)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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
Pollock is known for goading the opposition and extravagant try-scoring celebrations.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
All of a sudden, a brass band appeared, goading the star into a few bars of his song.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
The women fuss, goading me into allowing it.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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