prodded
Example Sentences
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But several experts, prodded for any note of optimism they could find, offered hope from artificial intelligence.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 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
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
As the guarantors of European security, U.S. officials have long prodded European politicians on various issues—but usually behind closed doors and rarely with the bluntness of Trump’s diplomats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
At the hospital, Finn was poked, prodded, X-rayed, plucked free of embedded gravel, rubbed down with stinging antiseptic, and swaddled in bandages.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
