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Still, she delivered some Kirkian tough love when she urged the audience to use their unattached time to seek self-improvement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The public is being urged to be on the look out for a prisoner who escaped from a van while being transported from court in south-east London on Monday.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

It also urged the agency to publish an assessment of possible bias stemming from lower response rates, a process already underway.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

He stuck to his guns last September when Wall Street was going the other way and urged investors to stay the course in March as the Iran conflict was in its early days.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

He was full of plans “for his gentleman’s coming out strong, and like a gentleman,” and urged me to begin speedily upon the pocket-book which he had left in my possession.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens