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The White House said the bill's passage was spurring new chip investments.

From Reuters • Aug. 9, 2022

Licolli said the crisis was spurring what could soon become an unstoppable movement among workers.

From The Guardian • Apr. 17, 2020

Understandably, Zanzi’s death was spurring anxiety in owners up and down the coasts.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2017

Trying to stem the bloodshed and crime that was spurring the mass migration north, the Obama Administration partnered with governments in Central America to combat MS-13 and other gangs—but with mixed results.

From The New Yorker • May 9, 2017

But anon there was spurring and plucking up of horses, for Sir Launcelot and many a noble knight rode up to the fire, and none might withstand him.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur