Example Sentences

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Big companies are prodding their customers toward fancier, and often pricier, versions of everything from Krispy Kreme doughnuts to cans of WD-40.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2023

Part of that shift to U.S. production is because new restrictions on EV tax credits are prodding automakers and battery makers to rethink production plans.

From Reuters • Jan. 25, 2023

“We are prodding them to fulfill the promises they made when they came to power.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 21, 2021

School districts, public health departments and pediatricians are prodding families to get caught up on those vaccines before kids go back to school in a few weeks.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2020

Public defenders and judges in several states are prodding corrections officials and courts to focus on protecting incarcerated children from the virus by placing fewer in detention and releasing some who are already there.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2020