spurred
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Instead, the late-breaking 9th Circuit decision spurred a flurry of confusion and conjecture just hours before polls were set to open in the country’s most populous state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Stanford researchers concluded last year that this reform and a similar one in Utah have spurred innovation in legal services, with consumers benefitting and lawyers remaining central to the ABS entities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
In October 2000, after a summer rally spurred by Federal Reserve easing, Wall Street’s darlings faltered as investors faced up to the fact that the dot-com bubble was deflating.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
The boom has also spurred chip engineers and other workers to seek higher payouts in tense negotiations at companies including Samsung and SK hynix.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
The development of science on Earth was spurred fundamentally by observations of the regularities of the stars and planets.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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