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urged

  • past participle
    of urge.
    urge
    verb (used with object)
    to push or force along; impel with force or vigor.
  • past tense form
    of urge.
    urge
    verb (used with object)
    to push or force along; impel with force or vigor.

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Kokotajlo said kill switches were "better than nothing", but urged politicians in the UK and beyond to instead focus on diplomacy with the US to encourage regulation that would meaningfully slow down development of AI.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Delhi police have urged people to "stay patient, stay cooperative", with Friday declared a city holiday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

On Aug. 26, Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Mexico’s foreign minister, Roberto Velasco Álvarez, and urged him to take “decisive action on illegal immigration,” according to a statement from the State Department.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

I urged the letter writer, whose parents were the victims, to petition the court to revoke her aunt’s POA.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Pieret urged the portrait’s thief not to sell the painting but to confide in the Paris-Journal.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day