prodding
Example Sentences
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Prodding about in the dark and guessing isn't really a safe thing to do.
From Science Daily • Oct. 21, 2025
Prodding each significant development in its narrative for disappointments, shortcomings, flaws — drawing on examples from both within the industry and the wider culture — some may read the series as unnecessarily downbeat.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2020
Prodding workers to save more when real wages have not increased in a quarter-century is not a particularly promising avenue.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2015
Prodding a large herd of qubits into entanglement gets tricky, so any practical quantum computer must contend with insufficient entanglement.
From Scientific American • Aug. 27, 2013
Prodding him more would be like poking an oyster.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
