goad
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The economy lacks other spurs to goad it into faster growth.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
Commercial banks can goad the Fed into buying Treasurys by increasing their demand for reserves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Tommy Lasorda had to goad Hershiser into becoming a bulldog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 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
Eloise said, trying to goad her older sister into action.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
Given the publication’s court-ordered immunization against liability, it appeared to be taking on the role of a bully who goads others into waging battle with the words, “Let’s you and him fight.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 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
In another episode, Che Guevara goads him into indulging power's vilest impulses.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2022
This only goads them into talking further, in lowered voices, their heads leaning in toward each other.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Mr. Warsh resolutely refuses to be goaded into making news at post-FOMC press conferences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 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
A brush fire, goaded by a wind storm, has swallowed up much of Palisades Park, an affluent community in northwest Los Angeles, and forced the evacuation of around 30,000 residents from the area.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025
The beef continued at the Source magazine awards on 3 August 1995, when Knight goaded Combs and Bad Boy Records from the stage.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024
A moment later, Blue Eyes and the half-man Tool and a couple others surrounded them and goaded them out of their camp.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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
Note, for instance, how this kerfuffle is goading his critics into defending the indefensible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
“What that family suffered is truly, truly horrific and truly unconscionable. The lies that were told, the goading of the family, all of that is absolutely horrendous.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025
I’m not giving up, Jerry had pledged, listening to Archie’s goading voice.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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Lord of the Flies
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