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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
If you do, urge your followers to do the same instead of them pouting and sitting out the mayor’s race.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 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
He also said he was correct to urge others to buy those stocks, which have performed well in the years since.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
One hand touching Belle’s foreleg, I kick downward again and again, fighting my urge to surface.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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