Example Sentences
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Her new book, Keep Your Hair On: Understanding Urges to Pick, Pull and Bite, is based on her personal experience and years of research into body-focused repetitive behaviours.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Regarding your story “Kershaw Disagrees With Sisters Honor, Urges Faith Day”: I am a big fan of Clayton Kershaw and admire his work on and off the field.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2023
Urges them to not return to a civil war.
From Reuters • Mar. 10, 2023
While we’re at it, file this whole classical vinyl jag I’m on under Predictable Urges — which would make a fantastic name for a punk band.
From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2021
“Antipoverty Worker Urges Promotion of Black Power,” shouted the headline in the state’s most important newspaper, the Raleigh News & Observer.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
