Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for egged
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Chinese prowess in building entire supply chains has spurred the United States and Europe to talk of reindustrialization to avoid any overreliance on Beijing.—
Shaoyu Yuan,
The Conversation,
5 Nov. 2025 -
Surfing soon dominated my Internet searches, hijacked my REM cycles, inspired a move to California, and spurred a new approach to travel.—
David Amsden,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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In one instance, Holmes alleged, Lorch goaded Holmes into a storage room and told him to climb a ladder to a lofted space to retrieve some uniforms.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Instead, he is now being goaded into the impossible retaking of land Ukraine could not get back in the summer of 2023, during a heavily prepped counter-offensive.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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That revelation prodded insurgents in British possessions from Ireland to Sierra Leone to take to the streets to assert their own ambitions for economic and political autonomy over the decades to come.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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What ensues is a twisty mystery that is, per The Hollywood Reporter‘s review, poked and prodded at from all angles.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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At the time, the blockades crippled transportation routes and hospital services and prompted international warnings about a humanitarian crisis in the country, which was reeling from a devastating earthquake.—
MUHIB RAHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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Shamblin sent a similar message again seconds later, and the bot prompted him with a help hotline.—
Adam Carlson,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
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Cherry already has a soft spot for Biancani, never mind the grueling conditioning, including countless hours of running that whipped the Hornets into shape.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Ovechkin gathered the puck on his forehand, quickly turned it over to his backhand and whipped it into the net.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
6 Nov. 2025
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Hansen Yang – hounded by over a dozen Chinese media members there to chronicle his every move – launched jumpers while Mandarin pop songs blared through the arena.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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The search for answers grew more desperate after Payne, wracked with grief and hounded by reporters, died by suicide near the very spot where Mary’s body had been found.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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They’re exhorted to fine-tune their self-presentation to the public rather than to their supervisor.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Johnson exhorted at a Labor Day workers rally.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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They were pressed in their zone, with turnovers the major culprit.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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Choosing the performance setting from the touch screen delivered instant acceleration that pressed occupants into the back of its leather seats.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Egged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egged. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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