goad
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The economy lacks other spurs to goad it into faster growth.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
Commercial banks can goad the Fed into buying Treasurys by increasing their demand for reserves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Tommy Lasorda had to goad Hershiser into becoming a bulldog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
There’s plenty of footage showing Springer using his power as the show’s host to goad subjects into fights, call their romantic choices sick or depraved, or even crack jokes about their situation.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
It had never done any good to allow Ana to goad her into an angry retort.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
Preston goads while the two do so in a dimly lit park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2024
One seeks out a key piece of Parkinson's-causing RNA, while the other goads the cell to chop it to pieces for recycling.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2024
In body camera footage released by police in June, an officer sprints into the parking lot and apparently goads on Rodriguez-Nuñez, who is standing beside several smoldering vehicles.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
But it's still the dinner rush, and my phone goads me with the familiar chime of incoming offers.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2022
This only goads them into talking further, in lowered voices, their heads leaning in toward each other.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
His mother was furious and goaded his father to discipline him.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
The first purpose is to keep the audience laser-focused on the differences between love and romance, leading them to believe that observing the distinction is their own doing, not something Barker goaded them into.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
"If you 'bout to drop, she gotta approve/This girl really 'bout to make you act like you not in a feud," he goaded: "Yeah, shoutout to Taylor Swift/Biggest gangster in the music game right now."
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2024
It’s six minutes of deep-bottomed polytonal funk — topped with synthesizer jabs and horn lines, goaded by a hard-rock guitar riff — that veers between disenchanted verses and a conditionally optimistic chorus.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
"What are you-?" He could not bring himself to be specific at first; but then fear and loneliness goaded him.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
When San Antonio’s big man Victor Wembanyama pointed to his temple after goading a Knick into a cheap foul, the taunt was clear: I’m in your head, buddy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Rather than respond directly to the company, Muddy Waters took to X, where it posted a meme goading SoFi to “run that game.”
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
The goading and deliberate reduction in food encourages them to fly and helps them lose weight, he says.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
We can expect some goading and taunting at the ceremonial way in this evening.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025
It is doubtful that Ernest needed a reminder of the neutron effects on the body; more likely he needed constant goading to take the appropriate precautions.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Lord of the Flies
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Grade 11, List 2
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
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