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Example Sentences
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He heard them phoning others, urging them to leave quickly, before escaping on motorbikes.
From BBC
Pediatric ophthalmologists are urging the FDA to reconsider and look at the big picture.
Firefighters had previously urged people living or travelling through the area to close windows and doors due to the smoke, but this advice has now been lifted.
From BBC
Bardot studied ballet at the Paris Conservatoire and, at her mother’s urging, pursued modeling.
From Los Angeles Times
The incoming Archbishop of Canterbury has been urged to scrap plans to spend £100m over the Church of England's historical links to slavery.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
