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Bouchier wafted unnecessarily outside the off stump, Heather Knight played around a straight one from Sayali Satghare for six and Jones suffered a lapse in concentration to prod spinner Sneh Rana to short leg.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Roberts beelined to him, cracking inside jokes to gently prod him out of his shell.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026

Higher fuel expenses would raise inflation, crimp consumer spending and prod businesses to put hiring and investment plans on hold.

From MarketWatch ● May 9, 2026

Sweden believed one of the Canadians was repeatedly double-touching, giving the stone another little prod with his finger to correct its course during Friday's round robin match.

From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026

To measure something, you need to prod it.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

New contractors like Anduril will make a difference, especially if Congress prods the Pentagon to shape up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

If you opt for private sessions, there’s a misconception that it will involve revealing your innermost secrets, perhaps while lying on a couch, as a therapist prods you to beat back your demons.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026

For most American infants, the hepatitis B shot comes just before their first bath, in the blur of pokes, prods and pictures that attend a 21st century hospital delivery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2025

In these moments, “A Dead Funny All-Star Tribute” prods people with long memories to contemplate what has and hasn’t changed about the comedy landscape 10 years after Rivers left us.

From Salon ● May 14, 2025

She prods the chicken, flexes a wing, pokes a finger into the cavity, fishes out the giblets.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

But several experts, prodded for any note of optimism they could find, offered hope from artificial intelligence.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

But decades later the three, prodded by Elvira, go on a quest to understand what really happened to them and their parents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

In the next over, Bethell prodded at one from Will O'Rourke he could have left and edged to second slip.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

Mr. Trump prodded Mr. Carr to let Mr. Ergen sell his licenses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

I prodded him and shouted, “Do you have a cistern, a well, anything?”

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

He’s prodding his father to march alongside him in the parade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Massie has been one of the loudest House voices prodding the Trump administration to release more information on the sex offender and his accomplices.

From Slate ● May 19, 2026

Despite the EU’s prodding, European drivers have been reluctant to adopt electric vehicles on the scale regulators envisioned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

City captain Silva started the game after recovering from a recent hamstring issue and was the catalyst for his side's comeback by prodding in the equaliser from a Haaland knockdown.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026

The man behind me was laden with two baskets; he kept prodding me with them until at last I turned round in irritation.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya