goading

Example Sentences

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Rather than respond directly to the company, Muddy Waters took to X, where it posted a meme goading SoFi to “run that game.”

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has been goading Albany to soak the rich, responded to the proposals: “I’m grateful.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

All of a sudden, a brass band appeared, goading the star into a few bars of his song.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Note, for instance, how this kerfuffle is goading his critics into defending the indefensible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

The noise now became increasingly loud, its diesel hum goading everyone’s desperate hopes and deepest worries.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat