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spurring

  • present participle of spur.

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Spurring the sell-off is this morning’s April PCE report, which showed inflation rising to 3.8% year-over-year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Spurring that charge was edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson, the second overall pick of the 2022 draft out of Michigan.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023

Spurring economic growth is, after all, one of the goals.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 3, 2022

Spurring investor interest was Bitcoin's purported inflation-proof qualities - it has a capped supply - as record-breaking stimulus packages fuelled rising prices.

From Reuters • Dec. 30, 2021

Spurring and flogging we went on at a trot or a gallop, as if certain of reaching our destination to-day.

From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various