Example Sentences

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The angst over the Deauville’s fate comes at a time when preservationists have been prodding Miami Beach to do more to protect older single-family homes.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2022

Likewise, Mr. Tester and other high-profile Democrats of Montana, including Jim Messina, Mr. Obama’s 2012 campaign manager, have been prodding Mr. Bullock to reconsider.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2019

Insurers and pharmacy-benefit managers for years have been prodding consumers with chronic medical conditions to obtain their drugs through mail-order pharmacies.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2014

Many of his Democratic advisers have been prodding Mr. Obama to offer a proposal to the special committee.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2011

Storch may have been prodding for rancor, but he really had touched the mainspring of all false and empty achievement—vanity.

From Broken to the Plow by Dobie, Charles Caldwell