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urged

  • past participle of urge.
  • past tense form of urge.

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Amodei urged policymakers to crack down on “industrial-scale distillation.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

It has urged people to avoid disposable barbecues, dispose of smoking materials and put litter in the bin or take it home to avoid starting wildfires.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

I recommended to John Carroll, the then-editor of the paper, that he make her a columnist and urged Babitz to write him directly.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

India's youth-led "cockroach" movement, whose nationwide protests forced the resignation of the education minister, urged authorities on Monday to release all detained demonstrators.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Fisher Ames of Massachusetts wondered out loud why the House had allowed itself to be drawn intoa debate over “abstract propositions” and now urged that the committee report be tabled.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis