Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for egged
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In one instance, Holmes alleged, Lorch goaded Holmes into a storage room and told him to climb a ladder to a lofted space to retrieve some uniforms.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
17 Oct. 2025 -
Instead, he is now being goaded into the impossible retaking of land Ukraine could not get back in the summer of 2023, during a heavily prepped counter-offensive.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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In 1977, a measles epidemic that killed two children in Los Angeles County spurred a dramatic crackdown on vaccine-shunning across the country.—
Arthur Allen,
ABC News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Many scientists believe this phenomenon is being spurred in part by rapidly melting glaciers exposing the mountainside.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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When prodded about the inevitable backlash to his more expensive proposals, Mamdani shrugged.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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After Kempes opened the scoring with a clever sliding finish past the advancing Jan Jongbloed, Argentine goalkeeper Fillol was caught too wide for Dick Nanninga’s headed equaliser, and was similarly too far out when Dutch forward Rob Rensenbrink prodded against the post in stoppage time.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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The brazen Sunday theft — which has prompted a security review at the Louvre, Reuters reported, as well as reviews at other cultural sites — brings to mind another robbery that occurred over a century ago in the same location.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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The backlash prompted the New York state GOP to disband its chapter of the organization.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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The search for answers grew more desperate after Payne, wracked with grief and hounded by reporters, died by suicide near the very spot where Mary’s body had been found.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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For a Mets team hounded by questions about clubhouse culture in the wake of a late-season collapse, Marte is an intriguing case.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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LaVine and Monk whipped the crowd into a frenzy, combining to make 17 of 32 from the field and 10 of 18 from 3-point range as the Kings bounced back from a season-opening loss to the Phoenix Suns.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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The cold brew is bitter but topped with a fluffy, whipped cold foam that tastes almondy, sweet and spice-filled.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Oct. 2025
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They’re exhorted to fine-tune their self-presentation to the public rather than to their supervisor.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Johnson exhorted at a Labor Day workers rally.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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And backup goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili has been pressed into action while Alisson Becker recovers from a hamstring injury.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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But the piece de resistance is a small button on the face of the guitar that, when pressed, activates a chip on a soundboard that elicits the distinctive roar of Godzilla.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Egged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egged. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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