Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for egging
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Anthropic’s Claude wanted to know whether my headache was tension-related, due to sinus pressure, or something else entirely—hardly a goading question.—
Lila Shroff,
The Atlantic,
22 Sep. 2025
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In the two decades that followed, nationalization was embraced by former colonies across Asia and Latin America, spurring the United States and wealthy European nations to start prioritizing domestic resource extraction.—
Scott W. Stern,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
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Glutamate triggers a bunch of positive ions to flood into a neuron, increasing its internal voltage and spurring it to fire an action potential, a strong burst of electricity that travels down a nerve fiber and makes the neuron release its own set of molecules to communicate with others, and so on.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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Many affected residents and business owners lacked flood insurance, prompting calls for financial support.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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After a photo of Gilbert showing her inside a crate began to spread online, people reported the vendor to local law enforcement, prompting an evaluation by Warren County Animal Control.—
Lillian Metzmeier,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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In its opening scene, from George Harrison’s 1971 Concert for Bangladesh, Preston starts singing the warmly exhorting gospel song that gives the film its name.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
22 Nov. 2024
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San Diego Clippers coach Paul Hewitt sometimes resembles a third-base coach, waving his arms forward rapidly, exhorting his players to race the ball up the floor after a rebound or forced turnover.—
Ivan Carter,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Nov. 2024
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In some cases, like my request for headache tips, bots end their messages with prodding follow-up questions.—
Lila Shroff,
The Atlantic,
22 Sep. 2025
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Wissa was an important signing, someone to take the pressure off Woltemade while simultaneously prodding him.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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The former is the owner of a New York City hotspot; the latter is a man on the run from loan sharks, with heaps of personal issues and bad debts hounding him.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Inappropriate client interaction such as hounding a woman to come over to his house late at night and slipshod work that ended with a grandmother’s eviction got a Daytona Beach attorney suspended from his law career for two years.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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The wind was whipping this past week at McGrath Stadium, mist in the air.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
29 Sep. 2025
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Video from Camiguin Island, posted by the Philippines Department of the Interior and Local Government, showed fierce winds and ocean water whipping past houses onto a residential street.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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But Everton were disjointed with their pressing, allowing the gifted Palace midfielder Adam Wharton too much time to dictate.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Even so, the outside world is pressing in.—
Simon Willis,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Egging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egging. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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