prod
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"Even though we believed these theories to be true, it's important to have an experimental realization, something you can poke and prod," Alicea says.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Reaching the close unbeaten would have presented a golden opportunity for a big score on Thursday, only for a limp prod at Razaullah to leave more questions and a sense of what might have been.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Roberts beelined to him, cracking inside jokes to gently prod him out of his shell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
At other moments, he suggested the kingdom was also in Iran’s sights if it didn’t prod Washington away from war, the officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
To measure something, you need to prod it.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
He also gently prods them to define what success looks like.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
That is, until an intriguing puzzle shakes up Felix’s otherwise sleepy summer and prods him to pay attention to his surroundings in a new way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Its mere presence prods me into reading more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2025
In these moments, “A Dead Funny All-Star Tribute” prods people with long memories to contemplate what has and hasn’t changed about the comedy landscape 10 years after Rivers left us.
From Salon ● May 14, 2025
The doctor examines the baby, prods her, raises her eyelids, feels her neck, arms, legs.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
But several experts, prodded for any note of optimism they could find, offered hope from artificial intelligence.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
Bumrah whacked a six and three fours in his cameo of 20 not out as he showed promise in keeping Shreyas company, but the latter softly prodded behind to Atkinson for a tame end.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
But decades later the three, prodded by Elvira, go on a quest to understand what really happened to them and their parents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Defense companies, sometimes prodded by governments, are sealing new deals to boost Europe’s defense industry and military capabilities to tackle the Russian threat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
He poked and prodded Fig’s trembling body, pausing every so often to scribble down notes.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Massie has been one of the loudest House voices prodding the Trump administration to release more information on the sex offender and his accomplices.
From Slate ● May 19, 2026
The military is prodding contractors to make their weapons more compatible with AI models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
Despite the EU’s prodding, European drivers have been reluctant to adopt electric vehicles on the scale regulators envisioned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Zarate, without prodding, went up to CIF executive director Ron Nocetti and thanked him for what will become an annual state soccer championship event.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2026
He looked us over, prodding my shirt with the tip of his sword, poking Grover’s jeans.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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