EGGED (ON) Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

egged (on)

verb

past tense of egg (on)

as in urged

to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action though exhausted, I was egged on by spectators to finish the marathon

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Beijing has responded by curbing exports of critical minerals to Japanese companies and urged citizens to refrain from traveling to Japan.

— Anniek Bao,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
Thomson says Gordon urged Zakrzewski to turn on a livestream that would display his location to Fox colleagues in New York and London.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026

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Doe’s attorney, Thomas Giuffra told CNN his client remains committed to working with Attorney General Letitia James’ investigation and is encouraged by her appointment.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
Many of these culture-creating behaviors have been observed in 2026 Anthropic studies of multi-agent systems this year that encouraged complex collaboration.

— Michael Morris, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

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