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Instigators on social media already are goading Durant, who can’t resist clapping back.

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2022

Hugo: When the Norman rowels are goading, When glitters the Norman glaive, Thou shalt call upon Thor and Odin: They shall not hear thee nor save.

From Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon by Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop

We are thus living amid circumstances which are goading the industrial activity characteristic of the last two centuries, and notably of the English race, into an almost feverish energy.

From The Unseen World and Other Essays by Fiske, John

Roger: No, that were a crime Against honor and friendship; girl, girl, have a care— You are goading my poor, tortured heart to despair.

From Three Women by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler