Example Sentences

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Either consciously or unconsciously, they were prodding the system in an uncomfortable direction.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2023

The source, who is familiar with the yuan rate-setting process, said monetary authorities were prodding banks to include the so-called counter-cyclical factor in their daily fixings for the tightly-managed exchange rate.

From Reuters • Sep. 27, 2022

Ginsburg, Kagan, and Breyer were prodding Ortega and Wall to admit the astonishing scope of their arguments.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2019

Moira: It was as if slabs of wood were prodding at your lower back.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2019

Now his pony was biting and kicking in an effort to free itself from the animals that were prodding it with horns and buffeting it from side to side.

From The Pony Rider Boys in Texas Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plains by Patchin, Frank Gee