nudge
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SpaceX shares nudge up 0.9% premarket to $109.28 after falling nearly 14% Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Coming revisions to a key price index are likely to nudge inflation readings lower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
So while Trafford will hope his possible high-profile move will help him add to his two England caps, he has work to do to nudge Pickford aside as England's first-choice goalkeeper.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Recent market turbulence, especially among the most interest-rate sensitive stocks, could nudge inflation “hawks” to hold fire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
I heard you should nudge a snoring person, and that’ll make them stop.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
She nudged the anxious calf to her side and they trotted briskly away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
The German consumer-goods and adhesives group nudged up its sales-growth guidance for the year after revenue came in ahead of analysts’ estimates, driven by the adhesives business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The company’s second-quarter results on Tuesday broadly topped Wall Street’s estimates, and management nudged its financial outlook higher for the year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Finally, she stepped closer to her husband and gently nudged him aside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
I nudged her aside, not caring about fingerprints.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
The line is like Nolan nudging his audience to say, check this out: a human pyramid of Greek commandos packed into a dark hollow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
She watched intently perched on a bench at the very front of the room, at times shrieking and nudging her sister as she pointed at the cafe’s new large flat-screen that loomed overhead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Deutsche Bank analyst Peter Milliken downgraded the stock from buy to hold while nudging up his price target to 8,700 yen from 8,600 yen.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
A baby hippo found desperately nudging its dead mother at a lake in Kenya over the weekend is now being hand-reared at a wildlife sanctuary after being rescued.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
“Go, go, go,” Dad said, nudging a frozen Layla with Ivy’s foot.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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