spur
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This could spur inflationary pressure in Japan and lead to a quicker pace of BOJ rate increases.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Both see a need to move homeless people into housing, and both have said that Measure ULA, the city’s tax on high-end property sales, needs to be rewritten to spur apartment construction.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
This suggests that inflation could be starting to spur high-end consumers to buy now because prices are going to continue to rise, McCann said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
If additional issuance leads to higher spreads, that could spur more demand that keeps yields from rising too much.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
He walked past the old mangosteen tree and up to the edge of a laterite spur that jutted out into the river.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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