goad

Artists got an idea for a Museum of Contemporary Art off the ground in 1979, goading the wealthy and influential powers that be into action.

“This is a disaster. I’m a disaster. I’m probably causing the end of the world, like, right now. But I couldn’t help it. Shale goaded me. And it’s 1999! The best year!”

It was as if they were goading Scotland now.

The goading and deliberate reduction in food encourages them to fly and helps them lose weight, he says.

Using her charm offensive, Hedda goads naive spouses to cheat, recovering alcoholics to drink and depressives to wander off into the darkness with a revolver.