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  • present participle of urge.

urging



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Ofgem has a proposed debt relief scheme on the table, and campaigners keep telling them to get on with it, urging the government as to provide funding for it to be implemented.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

On Wednesday, the company unveiled an ad it plans to take out in major newspapers urging its competitors to adopt similar protections for users under 18.

From Slate Aug. 26, 2026

Nearly 100 health, business, science and environmental groups are now urging Congress to reject the resolutions.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

The 57-year-old was visibly emotional as he described urging the eight detainees to have courage, in a text he had drafted for their lawyers the previous day.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

It is hard, so hard, but she sees Dr. Mann in her brown leather chair, urging, and so she takes this kindness, too.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti




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