nudge
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Yet Schoenbrun’s observations are presented in the film as though they’re opaque, overloaded with smug surrealism and jam-packed with visual stimuli designed to wink and nudge at the otherwise obvious.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Gates also said we should consider taxing AI tokens and robots, which could nudge businesses toward hiring people instead of betting on more machines.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Schmidt said Instagram has introduced tools to help protect children and nudge them into more measured use.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
SpaceX shares nudge up 0.9% premarket to $109.28 after falling nearly 14% Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
When everyone else had made it safely to the other side, I set Gum Baby and Tarrypin down and gave them a nudge forward.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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Previously, a customer buying a belt buckle was nudged toward a matching belt or hat, items that closely related to the original purchase, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
S&P 500 futures and Dow Jones Industrial Average futures both nudged up by 0.1%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
This will become more substantial by Wednesday, stretching across Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and western areas of England, as high pressure is nudged a bit further east.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The 10-year Treasury yield on Monday crossed the key 5% threshold, which in turn nudged the 30-year mortgage rate upward.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Anne nudged the rest of her family, and Derek grabbed hold of the solar heater’s struts and signaled for them all to hold hands.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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The S&P 500 information technology sector was the best performing, nudging the broader index to a 0.3% gain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
With temperatures nudging 40C, there have been some comparisons to the historic heatwave of July 2022 when the UK recorded 40C for the first time.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 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
While opinion polls suggested the vote could be tight, the latest surveys indicated opposition to the proposal nudging ahead.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
“We’ll all miss Gram,” Dad says, nudging me with an elbow.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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