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spurs

  • present tense form
    of spur (3rd person singular).
    spur
    noun
    a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a riding boot and has a blunt or pointed metal part projecting from the back: used by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward by pressing the projection against the horse’s flank.

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"If it doesn't let the academic side suffer, then I think being offered something like that really spurs on people to be better in gaming," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Anguish is really what spurs the story, which is about a family under enormous pressure and how they might keep it together.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Christensen hopes artists engaging with the river spurs conversation for more equitable green investments that benefit communities and the environment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Read: Coinbase will lay off 14% of its staff as AI spurs ‘a new way of working’

From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026

He slid to the ground with a jingle of spurs.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson