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urge

[urj] / ɜrdʒ /




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The book starts with a quick tour of psychoanalytic notions about the urge to collect.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

But he does urge caution for "starry-eyed MBAs" who think they're immune from the risks of failure.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

While I understand the urge to request money, foot the bill and learn from this experience.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

A Treasury official said Bessent will deliver a strong statement to the G20 to urge compliance with US sanctions if they want to continue operating in the dollar-based financial system.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

I feel the strangest urge to acknowledge it, almost as if it’s alive.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Governments and international organisations must share data, assess impacts and develop early-warning systems together, he urges.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

It urges member states to use the new map in place of the traditional Mercator projection, which was designed for maritime navigation by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

He also urges the justices to defer heavily to military leaders’ judgments about readiness and deployability.

From Slate Sep. 1, 2026

But we have more control over our balance than we may realize, urges Duke University balance researcher, Kristal M. Riska, who’s president of the American Balance Society.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

In between sewing, Tía Mazal urges me to write.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

He urged motorists to drive as efficiently as possible and to ensure they find the cheapest forecourts they can.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and other company leaders have repeatedly warned about the risks of rogue AI models and urged the industry to slow development.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

County health officials urged people to be on the lookout for symptoms of heat stroke or heat exhaustion, such as dizziness, nausea, rapid heartbeat and confusion.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

On Tuesday, the European Union urged the Houthis to end their attacks, calling them a "dangerous escalation".

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

He began to limp noticeably, and several of his colleagues urged him to see a doctor, a dreaded experience that Bobby would only agree to if he were in enormous pain.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

But governments should not sit on their hands when it comes to regulating AI, he added, urging an "agile" approach as AI development accelerates.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

He said he was urging data-center clients to consider using other investment tax breaks offered by states for companies.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Minsker is leading a group of criminal justice advocates, faith organizations, prosecutors, murder victim family members and others urging Newsom to commute every death sentence in California before he leaves office.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

He said this in the context of urging Ukrainians to imagine that they might once again be friendly with Russians.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

As good as Farmer was as a clinical doctor, Hiatt had been urging him to rethink his priorities, including reducing his Haiti involvement to the role of consultant.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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