prodded

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Prodded by the investigation, the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2003 required banks to separate their research and banking operations under a far-reaching legal agreement known as the Global Research Analyst Settlement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Prodded by lawsuits and consent decrees, the once-mostly white department has grown to become more than half Latino, which more or less mirrors the city’s demographics.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

Prodded by both parties in Congress, the intelligence agencies have invested more resources on China, created a new C.I.A. mission center focused on Beijing and taken other measures aimed at improving intelligence collection and analysis.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2023

Prodded by the avalanche of excitement over GPT, Google responded with a live public demonstration of LaMDA's prowess on February 7.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2023

Prodded forward by lance-thrusts, we began the weary march back to the lodges.

From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)