spur

Example Sentences

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Though Iran complained about Israel’s earlier attacks in southern Lebanon, the strikes did not spur a reaction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Both see a need to move homeless people into housing, and both have said that Measure ULA, the city’s tax on high-end property sales, needs to be rewritten to spur apartment construction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

This suggests that inflation could be starting to spur high-end consumers to buy now because prices are going to continue to rise, McCann said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Some analysts said the varying decisions made by index providers could spur greater divergence between the performance of funds tracking different indexes in coming months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Ernest had bought it on the spur of the moment in 1950 as “a place where he could get away from the telephone and the pressures of his regular work,” Molly recalled.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik