prodder

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Noun
  • As always, let the prompter beware.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2026
  • To keep that rhythm, the prompter has to talk over the other actor’s lines.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Mali was struck late last month by one of the biggest coordinated attacks on its army in Bamako and several other cities by jihadis and rebels who seized several towns and military bases.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
  • The rebels were fully aware of these other colonies and sought to include them.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, younger brother Sam begins to suspect that Michael's new friends are not merely troublemakers, but vampires.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Retaliation can include being assigned to a station far from home, passed up for promotions or labeled a troublemaker.
    Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Kidal's capture in a similar militant-insurgent alliance over a decade ago was at the root of the security crisis that has shaken Mali.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Mali has faced years of escalating insurgent violence; the ruling military junta, which pledged to restore stability in a 2020 coup, turned to Russia for assistance in its counterinsurgency campaign.
    Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Those business partners were doing that hard piece of convincing managers, agents, and promoters to take the risk — and the promoters finally agreed.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 7 May 2026
  • Boxing tempts him, the business world motivates him and his role as a promoter excites him.
    Jorge Ebro May 6, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Reparations will support education, economic aid and mental health services, with programs specifically targeting women and girls who endured systematic persecution by extremists in Timbuktu.
    Molly Quell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Conservative activists said the group was intentionally − and unfairly − labeling mainstream political and religious organizations as extremist, raising concerns about political bias.
    Josh Meyer, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Many proponents expressed frustration with the school board and administration as multiyear efforts to bring Arabic language instruction to District 230 appeared to stall, culminating with the recent resignation of the only Arab American member of the school board.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
  • These excess profit taxes are not always as efficacious as proponents hope for.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • The company successfully landed its booster on a barge during another mission later in the year.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
  • And while Marisa Abela has the indefatigable Industry boosters behind her, we’ve been burned by Emmy hope for that show before.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 2 May 2026
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“Prodder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prodder. Accessed 10 May. 2026.

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