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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

Ms. Joselit vividly captures Kaplan’s fervor to fulfill his self-appointed life mission to prod American Jews forward from their 19th-century diaspora ghettoes into the freedoms of 20th-century America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

Harry ducked swiftly down behind his cauldron, pulled one of Fred’s Filibuster fireworks out of his pocket, and gave it a quick prod with his wand.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

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

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

Attacking shots are causing England's downfall, not tentative prods.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2025

Growth doesn't happen without setbacks or pivots, but Mel's near-death experience prods her to keep following the advice given by the woman sharing her hospital room.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2024

Jake prods me in the direction of my block.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

But several experts, prodded for any note of optimism they could find, offered hope from artificial intelligence.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

When Anthropic researchers prodded Claude Mythos Preview to hunt for weaknesses in cryptographic systems, the AI initially resisted because it sounded “just genuinely hard.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 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

Samuel Chukwueze was ruled offside by the narrowest of margins when he prodded Jimenez's free-kick to Cuenca.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

Jamie pumped Ben for information about how big Wall Street firms and esoteric financial markets worked, and finally prodded him to quit his real job and join Cornwall Capital.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

But dozens of Wall Street Journal readers have told me that their financial advisers are prodding them to put these funds in taxable accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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

There are close-ups of hands kneading dough, a snail sliming its way up a window and Cathy prodding a jellied fish with her finger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026

City captain Silva started the game after recovering from a recent hamstring issue and was the catalyst for his side's comeback by prodding in the equaliser from a Haaland knockdown.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026

On our walk, the soldiers are everywhere, prodding us along.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung