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"Even though we believed these theories to be true, it's important to have an experimental realization, something you can poke and prod," Alicea says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Reaching the close unbeaten would have presented a golden opportunity for a big score on Thursday, only for a limp prod at Razaullah to leave more questions and a sense of what might have been.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026

At other moments, he suggested the kingdom was also in Iran’s sights if it didn’t prod Washington away from war, the officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

So another doctor will poke and prod and then send me to someone else.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

He also gently prods them to define what success looks like.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

That is, until an intriguing puzzle shakes up Felix’s otherwise sleepy summer and prods him to pay attention to his surroundings in a new way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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

Attacking shots are causing England's downfall, not tentative prods.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2025

He prods her gently in the right direction.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

Bumrah whacked a six and three fours in his cameo of 20 not out as he showed promise in keeping Shreyas company, but the latter softly prodded behind to Atkinson for a tame end.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 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

U.S. administrations have prodded global semiconductor companies, like Taiwanese giant TSMC, to build chip factories in the U.S., so that a conflict in Asia wouldn’t cripple U.S. industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026

They poked and prodded my body to try to find out if all my internal organs were where they should be.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

But dozens of Wall Street Journal readers have told me that their financial advisers are prodding them to put these funds in taxable accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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

Its activist investing honcho, James Chadwick, once told a podcast his fund often gets involved at the prodding of a former insider or other person knowledgeable about a particular target company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 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

Mona muttered, prodding at her with the end of her staff.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo