urge
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The brain must suppress the urge to read the word and instead focus on identifying the ink color.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
“We are going to fund immigration enforcement and border patrol, and I urge my Republican colleagues to stay united on that singular mission,” Moreno said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
This was an occasion when McCullum would have been right to urge his team to "go harder", as proved by Brook.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
They added: "We continue to urge the RMT to work with us to resolve their questions on the proposed four-day week and to suspend any future action while that work is completed."
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
For a second, I was so excited I almost forgot myself and was just about to urge Rowdy on, when I thought of that Old Man of the Mountains.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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