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egged

verb

past tense of egg

as in spurred

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The portal spurred a massive development effort inside the Postal Service while some states criticized it as federal overreach.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
The signing spurred a surge in interest in the club for ticketing and sponsorships.

— Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of spurred

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Garrett, the best defensive player of the post-Aaron Donald era, fittingly goaded the legend out of retirement.

— Jeff Howe, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Or Pablo Picasso, goaded into radicalism by the latest bizarre creations of Matisse, retreating to the Spanish mountain village of Gósol and, mere months later, beginning work on his proto-cubist masterpiece, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of goaded

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Builders, prodded to work beyond city limits, adopted Olmsted’s vision for what those suburbs should look like.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Trump publicly prodded the Health secretary for an update on autism research in a Cabinet meeting last month.

— Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of prodded

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After learning that Manchester whipped Maggie with a cat-o’-nine-tails, Lizzie agrees to help the Borden family’s maid kill her.

— Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
That sort of whipped, inswinging ball from Slater that caused so much havoc is hugely familiar to avid Premier League watchers.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of whipped

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Hill expresses, in earnest, the fears of being seen in public spaces, such as a grocery store, hounded by personal questions—an all-too relatable scenario, regardless of one’s background.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
There were also social-media groups that hounded commissioners and sought to sink the hunt.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026

Definition of hounded

Verb

The ringleader of it all was a 22-year-old rookie who hugged and high-fived his new fans and exhorted them to get louder.

— Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
At Sunday's service, the first since the expiry of TPS protections, Toussaint exhorted his congregants to persevere.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of exhorted

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Those levies were under scrutiny Wednesday, when judges pressed the administration on whether Greer had sufficient justification.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Learning that countless more people will lose their lives on account of his neglect, greed, and stupidity, he is pressed, reluctantly, into a most self-serving mode of damage control.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

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