urge
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“We are going to fund immigration enforcement and border patrol, and I urge my Republican colleagues to stay united on that singular mission,” Moreno said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
According to the team, both taste preferences and long-standing habits may drive the urge to add salt.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
They added: "We continue to urge the RMT to work with us to resolve their questions on the proposed four-day week and to suspend any future action while that work is completed."
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Rather than expecting young people to feel lucky just to be somewhere, we should urge young people to consider places that would feel lucky to have them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
He knew it would be water, not air, that would flood in, and yet his whole body was one suffocating urge to inhale.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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