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Example Sentences
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Then officers began calmly walking through the crowd, gently prodding people onto one side of the street to reopen it to traffic.
During that same hearing, at the prodding of one senator, Zuckerberg apologised to victims and their loved ones who had crowded into the chamber.
From BBC
Amine Adli prodded home to make it 3-2 with nearly the last touch of the game after a scramble in the box following a long throw, sparking scenes of pandemonium.
From Barron's
New contractors like Anduril will make a difference, especially if Congress prods the Pentagon to shape up.
Paul Dawson's brilliant header in the first half sent the home fans delirious, before Isaac Buckley-Ricketts prodded in a second after the break.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.