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Roberts beelined to him, cracking inside jokes to gently prod him out of his shell.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026

The shift is expected to prod additional stock purchases of SpaceX from investment funds built around the index.

From Barron's ● May 17, 2026

Higher fuel expenses would raise inflation, crimp consumer spending and prod businesses to put hiring and investment plans on hold.

From MarketWatch ● May 9, 2026

They prod the police officer to notice that there were two drinking glasses and a knocked-over chair in the trailer where George lived alone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

A family sitting around a pair of Shabbos candles, surrounded by a barrier that observers could peek and prod through.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

New contractors like Anduril will make a difference, especially if Congress prods the Pentagon to shape up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

If you opt for private sessions, there’s a misconception that it will involve revealing your innermost secrets, perhaps while lying on a couch, as a therapist prods you to beat back your demons.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 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

Often, the things Jasmin tells her father are lines that Maria Isabel prods her to say.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

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

In the next over, Bethell prodded at one from Will O'Rourke he could have left and edged to second slip.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

The crowd, which greeted Paul with boos before settling into sullen, begrudging applause when prodded, is fully prepared for a distraction.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

One of Sims’s maternal uncles was a labor economist, and prodded him to enter the field.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

I peeked through my crusty eyes as a fungal zoo of a toe prodded my arm, and a grizzled, bearded face framed by ashy predawn light leaned over me.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

He’s prodding his father to march alongside him in the parade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

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 day will need him at his gobsmacking best; poking and prodding, controlling and surprising, putting men into gaps and sticking points on the board.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

Then officers began calmly walking through the crowd, gently prodding people onto one side of the street to reopen it to traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

And I had a kind of vision of Chrissie and Rodney, back at the Cottages, in the months leading up to this moment, probing and prodding this subject between them.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro