spur
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Though Iran complained about Israel’s earlier attacks in southern Lebanon, the strikes did not spur a reaction.
From Los Angeles Times • 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
Geopolitical risks appear to be a major spur to central bank gold purchases, the ECB said in its report.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
At Castroville, the first station north, he got off and waited four hours for the Del Monte express from San Francisco to Monterey, which is at the end of a spur line.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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